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Binary Stars: Selected Topics on Observations and Physical Processes

Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School XII Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 6–17 September 1999

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 563)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
  2. Physical Processes in Close Binary Systems

    • Antonio Claret, Alvaro Giménez
    Pages 1-47
  3. Magnetic Activity in Binary Stars

    • Klaus G. Strassmeier
    Pages 48-109
  4. Cataclysmic Variables

    • Józef Smak
    Pages 110-150
  5. Evolution of Close Binaries

    • Bert C. De Loore
    Pages 203-276

About this book

More than half of all stars in the universe formed and evolved as binary systems and their study is essential for understanding stellar and galactic evolution. The six lectures in this book give both a readable introduction and an up-to-date review of nearly all aspects of  research into binary stars, including the range from common binaries to more exotic systems composed of white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Astrophysics, Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    F. Carlos Lázaro, Maria J. Arévalo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Binary Stars: Selected Topics on Observations and Physical Processes

  • Book Subtitle: Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School XII Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 6–17 September 1999

  • Editors: F. Carlos Lázaro, Maria J. Arévalo

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44395-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41256-4Published: 03 July 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07455-4Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-44395-7Published: 11 January 2008

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 330

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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