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Dynamics of Close Binary Systems

Dynamics of Close Binary Systems

Kopal, Zdenek

Paperback

Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Book 68

Astronomy & Space

ISBN10: 9400997825
ISBN13: 9789400997820
Publisher: Springer Pg
Published: Oct 12 2011
Pages: 513
Weight: 1.63
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The aim of the present book will be to provide a comprehensive account of our present knowledge of the theory of dynamical phenomena exhibited by elose binary systems; and on the basis of such phenomena as have been attested by available observations to outline probable evolutionary trends of such systems in the course of time. The evolution of the stars - motivated by nuelear as weIl as gravitation al energy sources - constitutes nowadays a well-established branch of stellar astronomy. No theo- ries of such an evolution are as yet sufficently specific - let alone infallible - not to require continual tests by a confrontation of their consequences with the observed prop- erties of actual stars at different stages of their evolution. The discriminating power of such tests depends, of course, on the range of information offered by the test objects. Single stars which move alone in space are now known to represent only a minority of objects constituting our Galaxy (cf. Chapter 1-2); and are, moreover, not very revealing of their basic physical characteristics - such as their masses or absolute dimensions. If there were no binary systems in the sky, the only star whose vital statistics would be fully known to us would be our Sun.

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