Circumbinary disc in a coplanar configuration

Authors: Ruiqi Yang (SYSU)

Nov 27, 2024

Effect of binary orbit eccentricity

From left to right, eccentricity is 0, 0.4, 0.8. EoS is locally isothermal. Binary mass ratio is 1.

Effect of thermal relaxation

From left to right, beta parameter is 0.1, 0.3, 0.6. Binary mass ratio is 1.

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