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The disc instability model of dwarf novae and low-mass X-ray binary transients

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NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS
Volume 45, Issue 7, Pages 449-508

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1387-6473(01)00112-9

Keywords

accretion discs; instabilities; dwarf novae; X-ray binaries; X-ray transients

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The disc instability model which is supposed to describe outbursts of dwarf nova and low-mass X-ray binary transient systems is presented and reviewed in detail. Various deficiencies of the model are pointed out and various remedies and generalizations are presented and discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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