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Eclipsing Binary Stars: Modeling and Analysis

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Josef Kallrath

    1. Dept. Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.

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  2. Eugene F. Milone

    1. Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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  • Describes a systematic framework for analyzing eclipsing binary stars, now with extensions to exoplanets
  • Only book that focuses on mathematical models for light curves of eclipsing binary stars and algorithms for generating these models
  • Appendices go deeper in mathematical detail on matters such as optimization, coordinate systems and specific models
  • This second edition includes new physics in light curve models and distance fitting and provides new applications and fully updated references

Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Part I Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 3-36

    2. The Database and Methods of Data Acquisition

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 37-72

  4. Modeling and Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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  5. Part II Modeling and Analysis

    1. A General Approach to Modeling Eclipsing Binaries

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 75-168

    2. Determination of Eclipsing Binary Parameters

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 169-220

    3. Advanced Topics and Techniques

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 221-262

  6. Light Curve Programs and Software Packages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
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  7. Part III Light Curve Programs and Software Packages

    1. Light Curve Models and Software

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 265-303

    2. TheWilson–Devinney Program: Extensions and Applications

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 305-330

    3. Light Curve Software with Graphical User Interface and Visualization

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 331-339

    4. The Structure of Light Curve Programs and the Outlook for the Future

      • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
      Pages 341-348

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 1-76
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Have you ever stopped at a construction project on the way to your of?ce and the day’s astrophysics? Remember the other onlookers – folks just enjoying the sp- tacle, as we all do in following developments away from our areas of active work? We are excited and thrilled when the Hubble Space Telescope discovers an Einstein Cross, when the marvelous pulsars enter our lives, and when computer scientists put a little box on our desk that outperforms yesterday’s giant machines. We are free to make use of such achievements and we respect the imagination and discipline needed to bring them about, just as onlookers respect the abilities and planning needed to create a building they may later use. After all, each of us contributes in our own areas as best as we can. In addition to the serious onlookers there will be passersby who take only a casual look at the site. They may use the building later, but have little or no interest in its construction and give no thought to the resources needed tobring it to completion. Upon arriving at work, those persons write astronomy and astrophysics books at various levels, in which they must say something about close binary stars. Usually a page or two will do, and the emphasis is on the MLR (mass, luminosity, radius) data obtained only from binaries.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.

    Josef Kallrath

  • Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Eugene F. Milone

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