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Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars (Hardcover)
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Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Astrophysics
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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.
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