Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars (Adobe Reader) ebook download Peter Eggleton

Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars

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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Title of ebook: Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars
ISBN: 9780511223082
parent-ISBN: 9780521855570
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Internet download file size: 9464 kb
Pages: 330
Published: 07-2002
Released online for download: 07-30-2002
Author of eBook: Eggleton, Peter

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