Left panel: density in units of g cm⁻³ in the orbital plane of the region centred on the accreting star for three models with v_∞/v_orb < 1, zooming in on the accretion disks. The size of the box corresponds to the Roche-lobe diameter of the companion star. For models V15a5 and V19a3, the situation after 7.5 orbits is shown, whereas for model V10a5 we show the accretion disk before it disappears, but in the same orbital phase. Right panel: mass of the accretion disk, i.e. the mass contained in a sphere of radius R_disk (see Table 3) as a function of time.