Evolutionary processes in binary and multiple stars / Peter Eggleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eggleton, P. P. (Peter P.), 1940- author.

Series:

Cambridge astrophysics series ; 40.

Cambridge astrophysics ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Double stars--Evolution.

Double stars.

Multiple stars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Evolutionary Processes in Binary & Multiple Stars

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, first published in 2006, 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.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 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; Appendix A The equations of stellar structure; Appendix B Distortion and circulation in a non-spherical star; Appendix C Perturbations to Keplerian orbits; Appendix D Steady, axisymmetric magnetic winds; Appendix E Stellar dynamos; Appendix F Steady, axisymmetric, cool accretion discs; References; Subject index; Stellar objects index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-314) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-16610-1

1-280-55053-8

9786610550531

0-511-22572-5

0-511-22442-7

0-511-22629-2

0-511-31783-2

0-511-53620-8

0-511-22509-1

OCLC:

171139464

Publisher Number:

9780521855570 (hbk.)