Testing the disk instability model of cataclysmic variables

• Published in: Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) Vol. 617; p. A26
• Main Authors: Dubus, Guillaume, Otulakowska-Hypka, Magdalena, Lasota, Jean-Pierre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg EDP Sciences 01.09.2018
• Subjects: accretion; Accretion disks; Astrophysics; binaries: close; Cataclysmic variables; Dwarf novae; Error analysis; Irregular sampling; Mass transfer; Mathematical models; Novae; Orbits; Outbursts; Parallax; Physics; Predictions; Stability; stars: dwarf novae; cataclysmic variables; binaries: close; accretion; stars: dwarf novae; novae; accretion disks

Context. The disk instability model (DIM) attributes the outbursts of dwarf novae to a thermal-viscous instability of their accretion disk, an instability to which nova-like stars are not subject. Aims. We aim to test the fundamental prediction of the DIM: the separation of cataclysmic variables (CV...