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Astrotomography

Indirect Imaging Methods in Observational Astronomy

  • This is the only reference book on this topic
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 573)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
  2. Doppler Tomography

    • T.R. Marsh
    Pages 1-26
  3. Mapping the Peculiar Binary GP Com

    • L. Morales-Rueda, T. R. Marsh, R. C. North
    Pages 27-32
  4. Hα-Emission Doppler Tomography of Long-Period Cataclysmic Variable Stars

    • R. C. North, T. R. Marsh, C. K. J. Moran, U. Kolb, R.C. Smith, R. Stehle
    Pages 33-38
  5. Doppler Tomography of the Dwarf Nova IY UMa During Quiescence

    • D. J. Rolfe, T. M. C. Abbott, C. A. Haswell
    Pages 39-44
  6. Spiral Shocks in an Inviscid Simulation of Accretion Flow in a Close Binary System

    • M. Makita, H. Fujiwara, T. Matsuda, H.M.J. Boffin
    Pages 88-93
  7. Imaging the Secondary Stars in Cataclysmic Variables

    • V.S. Dhillon, C.A. Watson
    Pages 94-118
  8. Tomography of Polars

    • A. Schwope
    Pages 127-154
  9. Spot Mapping in Cool Stars

    • A. Collier Cameron
    Pages 183-206
  10. Differential Rotation of Close Binary Stars: Application to HR 1099

    • P. Petit, J. -F. Donati, G. A. Wade, J. D. Landstreet, J. M. Oliveira, S. L. S. Shorlin et al.
    Pages 232-237
  11. Magnetic Doppler Imaging of Chemically Peculiar Stars

    • N. Piskunov, O. Kochukhov
    Pages 238-243
  12. Stokes Imaging of the Accretion Region in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

    • S. Potter, E. Romero-Colmenero, D.A.H. Buckley, M. Cropper, P. Hakala
    Pages 244-251
  13. Doppler Images of the M Dwarf RE 1816 +541

    • J.R. Barnes, A. Collier Cameron
    Pages 252-260

About this book

This comprehensive and unique reference work on astro-tomography is based on expanded and suitably edited contributions to the 1st International Workshop on Astro-tomography. The focus is on studying indirect imaging and subsequent reconstruction techniques with applications in all areas of observational astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. Detailed subject and object indexes, together with a list of useful resources on the Internet, will help the reader to use this book in a most efficient way.

Reviews

"Indirect imaging has become the norm in studies of cataclysmic binaries and related objects – but after more than 15 years this is the first book to document the techniques in a systematic way. It is therefore extremely welcome and is indispensable reading for all users of these techniques. [...] This is a book to keep close to your desk if you are working in this area." (The Observatory, 122/1171, 2002)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

    Henri M.J. Boffin, Jan Cuypers

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Danny Steeghs

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