Binary and Multiple Systems of Stars
โ Scribed by Alan H. Batten and D. ter Haar (Auth.)
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 285
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Hardcover: 278 pages Publisher: Pergamon Press; 1st edition (1973) Language: English ISBN-10: 0080169864 ISBN-13: 978-0080169866
โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
PREFACE, Pages ix-xii
CHAPTER 1 - BASIC CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY, Pages 1-24
CHAPTER 2 - THE INCIDENCE OF BINARY SYSTEMS, Pages 25-28,28a,29-57
CHAPTER 3 - MULTIPLE STAR SYSTEMS, Pages 58-76
CHAPTER 4 - THE PERIOD OF A BINARY SYSTEM, Pages 77-99
CHAPTER 5 - STELLAR MASSES AND RADII, Pages 100-122
CHAPTER 6 - APSIDAL MOTION, Pages 123-144
CHAPTER 7 - CLOSE BINARY SYSTEMS AND STELLAR ATMOSPHERES, Pages 145-162,162a,163-165
CHAPTER 8 - OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE FOR CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTER IN BINARY SYSTEMS, Pages 166-195
CHAPTER 9 - MODELS FOR CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTER, Pages 196-221
CHAPTER 10 - EVOLUTION AND ORIGIN OF BINARY SYSTEMS, Pages 222-253
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Pages 254-268
STAR INDEX, Pages 269-271
GENERAL INDEX, Pages 273-275
OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, Pages 277-278
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