 Accretion-disk stream-impact hot spot (source code)

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= Accretion-disk stream-impact hot spot

The bright region where the stream from <Roche-lobe overflow> strikes an <accretion disk>. Dissipation of relative <kinetic energy> produces a localized source of light whose visibility changes around the <orbital period>.

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