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Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics (IAU S240)

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Main Details

Title Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics (IAU S240)
Authors and Contributors      Edited by William I. Hartkopf
Edited by Petr Harmanec
Edited by Edward F. Guinan
SeriesProceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:500
Dimensions(mm): Height 255,Width 182
Category/GenreGalaxies and stars
ISBN/Barcode 9780521863483
ClassificationsDewey:523.841
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 46 Tables, unspecified; 92 Halftones, unspecified; 208 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 27 August 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.