The Realm of Interacting Binary Stars

ISBN-13: 9780792316756 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 448 str.

J. Sahade; G. E. McCluskey; Y. Kondo

Opis

More than two centuries have elapsed since the story of interacting binary stars began with the rediscovery of the variability of Algol by John Goodricke and the interpretation he proposed for explaining the regular periodic brightness variations which he found.

Spis treści

Introduction; J. Sahade, G.E. McCluskey Jr., Y. Kondo. The Development of the Idea of Interacting Double Stars; A.H. Batten, F.B. Wood. The Interacting Binary Zoo; J. Sahade, G.E. McCluskey Jr., Y. Kondo. Mass Loss in Interacting Binaries; J. Sahade. Some Issues in the Theory of Mass Transfer; S.H. Lubow. The Algol-Type Interacting Binaries; G.E. McCluskey, Jr. The RS Canum Venaticorum Stars; E. Guinan, A. Giménez. Contact between Binaries of the W Ursae Majoris Typ; S.M. Rucinski. Disks in Close Binaries; E. Meyer-Hofmeister, H. Ritter. Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables; A.R. King, J.P. Lasota. Symbiotic Stars; A.A. Boyarchuk. Theory and Observations of Classical Novae in Outburst; S. Starrfield. Interacting Binaries and Type I Supernovae; K. Nomoto. Binary Systems with Compact Components; V. Trimble. TeV Radioation from Binary Stars; T.C. Weekes. Zeta Aurigae Atmospheric Eclipsing Binaries; I.A. Ahmad. Polarized Radiation from Close Binaries; R.H. Koch. High-Resolution Radio Observations; R.L. Mutel, N. Elias. Formation of Binary Stars; A.P. Boss. The Evolution of Interacting Binary Systems: Observational Aspects; G.E. McCluskey Jr., Y. Kondo. Pending Problems and Final Comments. J. Sahade, G.E. McCluskey Jr, Y. Kondo. Index.