Disk Winds in Cataclysmic Variables and X-ray Binaries
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Publication Title
Abstracts of the 235th AAS Meeting
Publisher
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Volume
52
Issue
1
First page number:
736
Last page number:
736
Abstract
The wealth, diversity, and quality of the observations of cataclysmic variables (CVs) and X-ray binaries (XBs) allow us to test our understanding of important astrophysical processes accompanying accretion. The transport of mass, energy, and angular momentum due to the production of outflows from accretion disks is key among them. Here, we summarize the main findings from our recent theoretical studies investigating factors affecting the outflow kinematics, including variability, clumpiness,and strong magnetic fields. For example, we show that radiation driven disk windsin CVs are highly inhomogeneous, while a thermal wind in XBs can be suppressed by a strong magnetic field. These results illustrate that the theory of disk outflows offer a rich and diverse set of physically plausible solutions rather than a limited set where outflows are perceived as just continuous/smooth flows.
Keywords
Cataclysmic variables; X-ray binaries; Astrophysical processes; Outflow kinematics; Disk winds
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Language
English
Repository Citation
Proga, D.,
Dyda, S.,
Waters, T.
(2020).
Disk Winds in Cataclysmic Variables and X-ray Binaries.
Abstracts of the 235th AAS Meeting, 52(1),
736-736.
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society.