Abstract
ABSTRACT In this paper we review recent developments in our knowledge of accretion disks in Low mass X-ray Binaries (LMXBs). We discuss some common behavior between the disks in Cataclysmic Variables and LMXBs, especially among those systems with high mass ratios. We consider ellipsoidal variability of Soft X-ray Transients (SXTs: transient LMXBs) in quiescence, and discuss the evidence for transient disk contamination of the lightcurves of these objects. We then show how optical photometry of SXTs in both outburst and quiescence can place useful constraints on the mass of the compact object in these binaries. Finally we present new results on the accretion disk structures of AC211 in M15 and X1916-05. We show that considerable evidence now exists for sizable disk structure displaced ~180 degrees from the secondary: the origin of this structure is as yet unknown.
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