GAS ACCRETION FROM A CIRCUMBINARY DISK

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2010 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/485· OSTI ID:21392480

Hanawa, Tomoyuki ^[1]; Ochi, Yasuhiro; Ando, Koichi ^[2]

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1. Center for Frontier Science, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522 (Japan)
2. Graduate School Science, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522 (Japan)

A new computational scheme is developed to study gas accretion from a circumbinary disk. The scheme decomposes the gas velocity into two components one of which denotes the Keplerian rotation and the other of which does the deviation from it. This scheme enables us to solve the centrifugal balance of a gas disk against gravity with better accuracy, since the former inertia force cancels the gravity. It is applied to circumbinary disk rotating around binary of which primary and secondary has mass ratio, 1.4:0.95. The gravity is reduced artificially softened only in small circular regions around the primary and secondary. The radii are 7% of the binary separation and much smaller than those in the previous grid based simulations. Seven models are constructed to study dependence on the gas temperature and the initial inner radius of the disk. The gas accretion shows both fast and slow time variations while the binary is assumed to have a circular orbit. The time variation is due to oscillation of spiral arms in the circumbinary disk. The masses of primary and secondary disks increase while oscillating appreciably. The mass accretion rate tends to be higher for the primary disk although the secondary disk has a higher accretion rate in certain periods. The accretion rates onto the two components are similar within the fluctuations in late times, i.e., after the binary rotates more than 20 times. The primary disk is perturbed intensely by the impact of gas flow so that the outer part is removed. The secondary disk is quiet in most of time on the contrary. Both the primary and secondary disks have traveling spiral waves which transfer angular momentum within them.

• OSTI ID: 21392480
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 708; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ACCRETION DISKS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM TRANSFER
FLUID FLOW
FLUID MECHANICS
GAS FLOW
GRAVITATION
HYDRODYNAMICS
MASS
MECHANICS
MOMENT OF INERTIA
MOMENTUM TRANSFER
MOTION
ORBITS
OSCILLATIONS
ROTATION
SIMULATION
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