Accretion Disks in Binary Star Systems

This animation is based on the same principles as the animation with a changing accretion disk radius. However, in this case, the accretion disk is fixed at an arbitrary value and the system is animated in a such a way that it simulates an eclipsing system.

Mathematica generated animation showing the impact point of the mass transfer stream. Animation created by Jeff Bryant (jeffb@wolfram.com). Spiral image texture created by Waylena McCully.