Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars

Klappentext This 2006 volume discusses the statistics of binary stars; the evolution of single stars; and interaction between multiple stars. Zusammenfassung This 2006 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 gives a concise but full account of the mathematics of these processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Evolution of single stars; 3. Binary interaction: conservative processes; 4. Slow non-conservative processes; 5. Rapid non-conservative processes; 6. Accretion by the companion; Appendices.

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• Authors: Peter Eggleton, Peter (Lawrence Livermore National Labor Eggleton, Peter (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Eggleton, EGGLETON PETER
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9781107403420
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40342-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Astrophysics; Cambridge Astrophysics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous