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Fig. 6

Sketch to visualize the origin of the velocity gradient expected in one side of the ring, if its shaping took place for a fraction of the binary orbit period. According to the scenario described in Sect. 5.2, in the sourthern part of the ring the outermost layers would expand faster than the innermost ones.
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