Hystereses in dwarf nova outbursts and low-mass X-ray binaries
Hystereses in dwarf nova outbursts and low-mass X-ray binaries
Context. The disc instability model (DIM) successfully explains why many accreting compact binary systems exhibit outbursts, during which their luminosity increases by orders of magnitude. The DIM correctly predicts which systems should be transient and works regardless of whether the accretor is a black hole, a neutron star or a …