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Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy

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  1. Horst Drechsel

    1. Dr. Remeis Observatory, Bamberg, Germany

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  2. Miloslav Zejda

    1. N. Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium Brno, Czech Republik

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  • Covers the appreciation of the achievements of the great astronomer, Zdenek Kopal
  • Personal reminiscences brought forward by Kopal's former students and colleagues
  • Reflects the state of the art of the dynamically evolving field of binary research, which owes so much to the pioneering work of Zdenek Kopal

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Table of contents (74 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction: Reminiscences and Appreciation of a Great Astronomer

    1. Digging Foundations for the “Royal Road”

      • Alan H. Batten
      Pages 3-15

    2. One Fellow’s View of the “Royal Road”

      • Edwin Budding
      Pages 17-31

    3. Reminiscences of a Japanese Contemporary

      • Masatoshi Kitamura
      Pages 33-41

    4. RR CrB and Algol — The First and Last Star in Zdeněk Kopal’s Life with Binaries

      • Martin Šolc
      Pages 43-54

    5. Atmospheric Eclipses in WR+O Binaries: From Kopal and Shapley to Present Days

      • A.M. Cherepashchuk
      Pages 55-65

  3. Binary Star Morphology and Dymamical Aspects

    1. Resolving the Algol Paradox and Kopal’s Classification of Close Binaries with Evolutionary Implications

      • I.B. Pustylnik
      Pages 69-78

    2. Global Solution of Dynamical Systems — A Report to Z. Kopal, on What Followed Since

      • C.L. Goudas, K.E. Papadakis
      Pages 79-89

    3. Period Changes of Close Binary Systems

      • H. Rovithis-Livaniou
      Pages 91-99

    4. The Eclipsing Binary BX Andromedae and its Orbital Period Behaviour

      • Helen Rovithis-Livaniou, Sotirios Tsantilas, Peter Rovithis, Drahomír Chochol, Augustín Skopal, Theodor Pribulla
      Pages 101-104

    5. The Unique Binary Star α Coronae Borealis

      • Igor M. Volkov
      Pages 105-108

    6. The Eccentric Eclipsing Binary V889 Aquilae

      • Marek Wolf, Roger Diethelm, Miloslav Zejda
      Pages 109-112

    7. Triple and Multiple Systems

      • Pavel Mayer
      Pages 113-119

    8. Estimation of Light Time Effects for Close Binaries in Triple Systems

      • Walter Van Hamme, R.E. Wilson
      Pages 121-126

    9. Eclipsing Binaries Showing Light-Time Effect

      • Petr Zasche
      Pages 127-130

    10. Astrometric Solution of the Multiple System XY Leo

      • Volkan Bakis, Ahmet Erdem, Edwin Budding, Osman Demircan, Hicran Bakis
      Pages 131-134

    11. V475 Sct (Nova Scuti 2003) — Binary or Triple System?

      • Drahomír Chochol, Theodor Pribulla, Nataly A. Katysheva, Sergei Yu. Shugarov, Igor M. Volkov
      Pages 135-139

    12. Photometric Observations and Apsidal Motion Study of V1143 Cyg

      • A. Dariush, N. Riazi, A. Afroozeh
      Pages 141-144

    13. Intrinsic Variables as Components of Close Binaries

      • N.N. Samus
      Pages 145-155

    14. Preliminary Analysis of V and Hp Light Curves of 26 Carbon Miras

      • Zdeněk Mikulášek, Tomáš Gráf
      Pages 157-160
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About this book

An international conference entitled "Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy" was held on the occasion of the late Professor Kopal's 90th birthday in his home town of Litomyšl/Czech Republic and dedicated to the memory of one of the leading astronomers of the 20th century.

Professor Kopal, who devoted 60 years of his scientific life to the exploration of close binary systems, initiated a breakthrough in this field with his description of binary components as non-spherical stars deformed by gravity, with surfaces following Roche equipotentials. Such knowledge triggered the development of new branches of astrophysics dealing with the structure and evolution of close binaries and the interaction effects displayed by exciting objects such as cataclysmic variables, symbiotic stars or X-ray binaries.

Contributions to this conference included praise of the achievements of a great astronomer and personal reminiscences brought forward by Kopal's former students and colleagues, and reflected the state of the art of the dynamically evolving field of binary research, which owes so much to the pioneering work of Zdenek Kopal.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dr. Remeis Observatory, Bamberg, Germany

    Horst Drechsel

  • N. Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium Brno, Czech Republik

    Miloslav Zejda

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy

  • Editors: Horst Drechsel, Miloslav Zejda

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3875-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3131-1Published: 22 March 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6802-6Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3875-4Published: 01 August 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 488

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, 296:1-4, 2005

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

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