Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars
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Author
Publication
2006 - Cambridge University Press, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
80,500 words, Guess
Page Count
322 pages
Physical Format
EBook
Identifiers
- ISBN-100511223080
- ISBN-139780511223082
- OverDrive0634DCBF-FB59-4EC4-81F4-52890D66B861
- OCLC Control Number159957466
- Better World Books9780511226298
and 3 more
- Better World Books9780511223082
- Better World Books9780511224423
- Open LibraryOL24287100M
Classifications
- LCCQB821.E34 2006
Description
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 stably 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. Some of the interactions discussed are Roche-lobe overflow, tidal friction, gravitational radiation, magnetic activity driven by rapid rotation, stellar winds, magnetic braking, and the influence of a distant third body on a close binary orbit. A series of mathematical appendices gives a concise but full account of the mathematics of these processes.
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