WHAT CAN 3D SIMULATIONS TELL US ABOUT MASS ACCRETION IN X-RAY BINARIES?
Roche lobe overflow in low-mass XRBs (Sco X-1)
- How does the tidal stream
merge with the disk? Does it overflow the disk edge? Is there a bulge
at the point of impact?
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Roche lobe overflow in high-mass XRBs (LMC X-4)
- How big is the disk? How does the
system evolve as the mass accretion rate increases? What is the source
of circumstellar gas?
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Wind Accretion in high-mass XRBs (Vela X-1)
- How does the mass accretion rate vary with
system parameters? How does the angular momentum accretion rate vary
with time? How does the circumstellar gas affect the observed X-ray
flux?
