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Propeller-activated resonances and the fate of short-period cataclysmic variables (2006)
Journal Article
Matthews, O., Wheatley, P., Wynn, G., & Truss, M. (2006). Propeller-activated resonances and the fate of short-period cataclysmic variables. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 372(4), 1593-1601. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10957.x

We show that the combination of a weak magnetic propeller and accretion disc resonances can effectively halt accretion in short-period cataclysmic variables (CVs) for large fractions of their lifetimes. This may help to explain the discrepancy betwee... Read More about Propeller-activated resonances and the fate of short-period cataclysmic variables.

The decline and fall of GRS 1915+105: the end is nigh? (2006)
Journal Article
Truss, M., & Done, C. (2006). The decline and fall of GRS 1915+105: the end is nigh?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 368(1), L25-L29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00149.x

The Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105 has been in a continuous state of outburst since 1992, over 20 times longer than any other black hole X-ray transient. Assuming that the outburst is powered via accretion of an irradiated gaseous disc, we calcula... Read More about The decline and fall of GRS 1915+105: the end is nigh?.

On the nature of superoutbursts in dwarf novae (2001)
Journal Article
Truss, M., Murray, J., & Wynn, G. (2001). On the nature of superoutbursts in dwarf novae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 324(1), L1-L5. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04535.x

We present the first detailed hydrodynamic simulation of a superoutburst to incorporate the full tidal potential of a binary system. A two-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics code is used to simulate a superoutburst in a binary with the param... Read More about On the nature of superoutbursts in dwarf novae.

The outbursts of dwarf novae (2000)
Journal Article
Truss, M., Murray, J., Wynn, G., & Edgar, R. (2000). The outbursts of dwarf novae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 319(2), 467-476. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03880.x

We present a numerical scheme for the evolution of an accretion disc through a dwarf nova outburst. We introduce a time-varying artificial viscosity into an existing smoothed particle hydrodynamics code optimized for two- and three-dimensional simula... Read More about The outbursts of dwarf novae.