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Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics

Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics

Proceedings of the 240th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Prague, Czech Republic August 22-25, 2006

by William I. HartkopfPetr Harmanec Masahiro Jono and others
Hardback
Publication Date: 27/08/2007

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IAU Symposium 240, held in conjunction with the 26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, highlights the latest advances in the field of binary and multiple stars, and was the first major meeting in recent years bringing together members of both the 'wide' and 'close' binary communities. Topics discussed ranged from common proper motion pairs and other 'fragile' binaries to contact binaries and star/brown-dwarf/planet systems, exploring the numerous interests common to all binary star researchers. Highlights included talks on observing binaries using high angular and spectral resolution techniques, the impacts of new and planned large-scale surveys, recent models for binary evolution, new methods for analyzing cataclysmic pairs and disentangling spectra, surveys of extragalactic eclipsing binaries, Doppler tomography and imaging, and binaries as probes of the Galaxy's chemical and dynamical evolution. This volume will be an important reference source for binary star researchers for many years to come.
ISBN:
9780521863483
9780521863483
Category:
Astronomy
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
27-08-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
255x182x30mm
Weight:
1.17kg

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