Publication: Hydrogen-poor Disks in Compact X-Ray Binaries
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2002
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Menou, Kristen, Rosalba Perna, and Lars Hernquist. 2002. “Hydrogen-Poor Disks in Compact X-Ray Binaries.” The Astrophysical Journal 564 (2): L81–84. https://doi.org/10.1086/338909.
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We show that accretion disks in several compact X-ray binaries with hydrogen-depleted donors are likely subject to a thermal ionization instability, unless they are strongly irradiated. These disks are particularly interesting in that their MHD-turbulent properties in the neutral phase may be quite different from those of standard, hydrogen-rich disks.
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