Evolutionary processes in binary and multiple stars
Peter Eggleton
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 in a stable state 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. A series of mathematical appendices provides a concise but complete account of the mathematics of these processes.
种类:
年:
2006
出版社:
Cambridge University Press
语言:
english
页:
332
ISBN 10:
0521855578
ISBN 13:
9780521855570
系列:
Cambridge astrophysics series 40
文件:
PDF, 8.78 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2006