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Accretion disks in symbiotic stars

Luna, G. J. M.

The nature of accretion in symbiotic binaries, in which the red giant transfers material to a white dwarf (WD) companion, has been difficult to uncover. The accretion flows in a symbiotic binary are most clearly observable, however, when there is no quasi-steady shell burning on the WD to hide them. Through observations in the high energy regime, …