Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521855570)

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.

Author: Peter Eggleton
ISBN-10: 0521855578
ISBN-13: 9780521855570
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/20/2006
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.76h x 7.04w x 0.81d