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Computer simulations of gas flow around close binary systems

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A gas-dynamical model of gas streams around close binary systems is given. The velocity feld and the density distribution are determined for different parameter ranges. The results succeed in explaining the formation of a ring and a disk around the accreting component. The models furthermore reveal the existence of a tongue of matter extending from the inner Lagrangian point and a jet perpendicular to the system axis.

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  1. Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Søren-Aksel Sørensen, Takyua Matsuda & Takeo Sakurai

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Sørensen, SA., Matsuda, T. & Sakurai, T. Computer simulations of gas flow around close binary systems. Astrophys Space Sci 33, 465–480 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00640112

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