<p>More than two centuries have elapsed since the story of the interacting binary stars began with the rediscovery of the variability of Algol by John Goodricke and the interpretation he proposed for explaining the regular periodic brightness variations which he found. Over this long span of time ou
Interacting Binary Stars
โ Scribed by Jorge Sahade, Frank Bradshaw Wood and D. ter Haar (Auth.)
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 190
- Edition
- 0
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
INTERNATIONAL SERIES INNATURAL PHILOSOPHY VOLUME 95, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
FOREWORD, Pages x-xii
CHAPTER 1 - HISTORY OF THE FIELD, Pages 1-13
CHAPTER 2 - THE ZERO-VELOCITY SURFACES, Pages 14-19
CHAPTER 3 - PHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS, Pages 20-33
CHAPTER 4 - W URSAE MAJORIS SYSTEMS, Pages 34-39
CHAPTER 5 - OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE FOR GASEOUS STRUCTURE, Pages 40-54
CHAPTER 6 - CHANGES IN PERIOD, Pages 55-67
CHAPTER 7 - EVOLUTION OF CLOSE BINARIES, Pages 68-75
CHAPTER 8 - SPACE ASTRONOMY, Pages 76-87
CHAPTER 9 - GROUPS OF SPECIAL INTEREST, Pages 88-129
CHAPTER 10 - INDIVIDUAL BINARIES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST, Pages 130-157
FINAL COMMENTS, Pages 158-159
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Pages 161-179
STAR INDEX, Pages 181-183
GENERAL INDEX, Pages 185-186
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