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Magnetism in binary stars is now an area of central importancein stellar astrophysics. Magnetic fields are believed to play afundamental role in the mass transfer process in all close binaries.After an outline of the early work in binary stars, the bookintroduces the fundamentals of magnetohydrodynamics and binary startheory. The main areas of MHD in binary stars are then considered,including the AM Herculis systems, intermediate polars, X-ray binarypulsars, accretion disc magnetism, and stellar and disc winds. Theunifying theme is the property of magnetic fields of redistributingangular momentum, and the associated stellar spin evolution. Althoughthis is a rapidly expanding area, the fundamental problems discussedhere are likely to remain relevant for future decades. A knowledge of physics to undergraduate level is assumed. The materialshould be of interest to observers as well as theoreticians. Althoughthe book is mainly aimed at research workers, parts of the text couldbe useful for postgraduate courses in astrophysical fluid dynamics andbinary star theory. ... Read more

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a good necessary source.
This book is a necessary source for a scientist who are studying astrophysics. But I have got some criticism.These are; 1- this book is very expencive 2- The pictures is less for visual and to imagine. I wanted tohave a lot of pictures moreover these pictures may be colour.

But thecontent and the explain kind are good in this book.These ideasbelong to me.Thank you for C.G.Campbell. ... Read more

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The lives of binary and multiple stars are reviewed, beginningwith their cradles in dark clouds, such as those in Taurus and Orion,and ending with the high-energy infernos of supernova explosions andbright X-ray binaries. It has become clear that there is a commonthread that runs through all of our understanding of binary evolution:the set of physical processes which they each undergo at variousstages of their evolution. This volume provides an up-to-date reviewof binary stellar structure and evolution from this perspective,considering these processes not just from the point of view ofunderstanding the basic physics involved, but also with the aim ofshowing how similar processes apply to disparate groups of stars, andhow a realisation of this fact can lead to a better understanding ofthe field as a whole. Examples of such processes are the behaviour ofdiscs around stars and binaries, the effects of the distortion offinite-sized stars in a binary, both on the stars themselves and onthe orbit, and strong interactions between stars, such as masstransfer, common-envelope evolution, and collisions. ... Read more

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This book contains the proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 151`Evolutionary Processes in Interacting Binary Stars,' which was heldfrom 5 to 9 August 1991 in Cordóba, Argentina.
The primary aim of this conference was to review and evaluate ourcurrent understanding of the evolutionary processes in wide variety ofinteracting binary stars from their births to their deaths. Subjectsincluded the formation of binaries, mass flow and transfer, accretionprocesses, and binaries with collapsed components, such as novae,X-ray binaries and binary pulsars. As the field covered is both broadand diverse, there were in all thirty-seven invited talks; sixty-twocontributed papers were also presented. In addition, these proceedingscontain comments from a panel discussion of the major unsolvedproblems of interacting binary stars. ... Read more

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Research on the formation, structure and evolution of binarystars with at least one compact component (i.e. a white dwarf, neutronstar, or black hole), has in recent years been one of the most activeareas in astrophysics. This volume gives an overview of recentprogress in this area, with particular emphasis on the evolutionaryconnection that may exist between these binaries as observed in avariety of wavelength bands, in particular in the radio and X-raybands. Among the subjects covered are Type Ib/c supernovae andsupernovae in binaries; common-envelope evolution, coalescence ofbinaries and Thorne--Zytkow objects; gravitational waves fromcompact bodies; binary and millisecond radio pulsars; planets aroundpulsars; the pulsar velocity distribution; transient X-ray sources andblack-hole binaries; quasi-periodic oscillations in X-ray sources;supersoft X-ray sources and their possible connection with Type Isupernovae; soft gamma-ray repeaters; gamma-ray bursts and binaryneutron star mergers. ... Read more

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These proceedings celebrate the achievements of the great astronomer Zdenek Kopal, and reflect the state of the art of the dynamically evolving field of binary research, which owes so much to Kopal’s pioneering work.

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This introductory account provides the physical background to an understanding of interacting binary stars. These are star systems in which the pair of members is close enough to each other to cause interactions. Several such systems are strong sources of stellar x-rays. The contributions, all by active researchers, concentrate on three areas of current interest which serve to illustrate the problems encountered generally in these binary systems. The topics covered are: binary star evolution, contact binary stars, and cataclysmic variable stars. The book brings a graduate student to the point of being able to start independent research. ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This book explores cataclysmic variables with and without strong, overpowering magnetic fields. You’ll read about stars with densities ranging from that of the Sun to the degenerate matter of white dwarfs to the ultra-compact states of neutron stars and black holes. One of the objects examined and discussed is the Double Pulsar, highlighting what observations have told us about fundamental physics.

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In this IAU Symposium on Wolf--Rayet stars, binary aspectsreceived ample attention, notably because of the recognition that manyobservations of spectral and photometric variability at all accessiblewavelengths are related to colliding winds or other forms of windinteraction. The basic structure of the conference and its proceedings is basicparameters and general properties of WR stars; state of the art modelatmospheres for WR stars, anisotropic mass loss and disk formation ofWR stars, properties of WR binaries; influence of stellar winds onmass transfer in hot massive binary evolution; dust formation near WRstars and other circumstellar phenomena; and hydrodynamics andhigh-energy physics of colliding winds in WR+O binaries and of WRwinds interacting with compact objects. Within this framework 20invited reviews, 38 invited oral contributions, and 76 poster paperswere presented at the Symposium, entertaining 111 astronomers from 24countries. These proceedings provide up-to-date information on allaspects of Wolf--Rayet atmospheres, binaries, and colliding winds. ... Read more

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The Pictorial Atlas will serve astronomy professionals, amateurs, and even uninitiated, interested persons with insight into the makeup of binary star systems, some of which have their component stars so close together as to be in actual physical contact. Nothing like this atlas has ever existed in the field. Each page shows one binary star system at about ten positions in its orbit, so as to provide perspective for the viewer as the system turns, and shows a listing of the fundamental dimensions, mass data, radiative quantities, etc., which are known or estimated for the binary. This book will be of interest to theoretical astronomers, observers, and amateur astronomers. Further uses include the atlas being an adjunct to graduate school courses in the analysis of binary star observations, or fundamentals of binary star research. It could also well be a reference book for university undergraduate laboratories. ... Read more

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Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. Stars evolve primarily by nuclear reactions in their interiors, but a star with a binary companion can also have its evolution influenced by the companion. Multiple star systems can exist in a stable state for millions of years, but can ultimately become unstable as one star grows in radius until it engulfs another. This volume discusses the statistics of binary stars; the evolution of single stars; and several of the most important kinds of interaction between two (and even three or more) stars. A series of mathematical appendices provides a concise but complete account of the mathematics of these processes. ... Read more

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Excellent book on this subject
I was greatly surprised with this book. The author present a detailed view of conservative and non-conservative binary star evolution with many examples, tables and references, exploring different possible scenarios. I use this book often as a reference for my own research. It is excellent for anybody who wants to go deep in the field of binary star evolution. I guess the levelis for graduate students, although undergraduates can also find inspiration there.

The State of the Art as it Exists Today
This book is aimed at the last year undergraduate student, graudade student or researchers. The reader is expected to be familiar with the terminology of stellar astrophysics (spectral types, magnitudes and like). Within that background the author presents an excellent introduction to binary and multiple stars.

The book begins with an interesting discussion on just what is a binary star. With the whole universe rotating about itself, a binary star is simply two stars that are closer than others. But in a dense star field 'closer' has to be closer than it does in a star desert where the orbits of binary stars may be on the order of centuries.

This is not a book for the amateur, the math is heavy duty, indeed the author moved to Livermore Labs to get closer to massive computing power. He has included a series of mathematical appendicies which give a concise but full account of the mathematics of the processes involved with star behavior. ... Read more