3D Simulation of the accretion disk
We used the previous simulation of RLOF to supply boundary conditions for an incoming tidal stream. To save computer time, we started the simulation with an accretion disk and watched what happened.
Density in the equatorial plane
Nearly Keplerian flow - slightly off center
Disk is truncated at 0.22a, roughly half the size of the Roche lobe
radius, and twice the size of the circularization radius
The disk rim is flared as a result of stream impact.
Mass is accreting all the way through the disk