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On the eccentricity of self-gravitating circumstellar disks in eccentric binary systems

arXiv:0908.0808 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912251

Abstract

We study the evolution of circumstellar massive disks around the primary star of a binary system focusing on the computation of disk eccentricity. In particular, we concentrate on its dependence on the binary eccentricity. Self-gravity is included in our numerical simulations. Our standard model assumes a semimajor axis for the binary of 30 AU, the most probable value according to the present binary statistics.

Accepted for publication on A&A