Filippova, EkaterinaRevnivtsev, M.Parkin, Elliott2015-12-130035-8711http://hdl.handle.net/1885/75825In this paper we propose and examine a physical mechanism which can lead to the generation of noise in themass accretion rate of low-mass X-ray binaries on time-scales comparable to the orbital period of the system.We consider modulations of mass capturedLong time-scale variability of X-ray binaries with late-type giant companions201410.1093/mnras/stt18702015-12-11