Evolutionary Processes In Binary Stars(1st Edition)

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R A Wijers ,Melvyn B Davies ,Christopher Tout

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ISBN: 9401072493, 978-9401072496

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Book Price $121.17 : 7 Hydrodynamic Instabilities In Close Binary Systems (Frederic A. Rasio) 121 7. 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 7. 1. 1 The Stability Of Self-gravitating Fluid Equilibria 121 7. 1. 2 Astrophysical Motivation . 123 7. 1. 3 Common Envelope Systems 125 7. 2 Dynamical Instabilities. . . . . . . 126 7. 2. 1 Physical Mechanism . . . . 126 7. 2. 2 Application To Coalescing Neutron Star Binaries 127 7. 3 Secular Instabilities. . . . . . . . . . . 130 7. 3. 1 Physical Mechanism . . . . . . 130 7. 3. 2 Application To Contact Binaries 133 8 Common Envelope Evolution In Binary Systems (Mario Livio) 141 8. 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 8. 2 The Entrance Into The Common Envelope Phase . . . . . 142 8. 3 The Outcome Of The CE Phase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 8. 4 How Close Can We Get To Observing The Common Envelope Phase? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 8. 4. 1 How Can PNe With Binary Nuclei Be Used To Constrain CE Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 8. 4. 2 How Can Nova Systems Be Used To Constrain CE Physics 148 8. 4. 3 Other Tests Of Common Envelope Evolution 150 8. 5 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 9 Structure And Evolution Of Massive Close Binaries (Dany Vanbeveren) 155 9. 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 9. 2 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 9. 3 Intermediate Mass And Massive Single Stars 156 9. 3. 1 Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 9. 3. 2 Stellar Structure Equations For Non-rotating IMS's And MS's 160 9. 3. 3 Evolutionary Computations Of Non-rotating IMS's And MS's 162 9. 3. 4 Overall Comparison With Observations '" 163 9. 3. 5 The Role Of Rotation In Single Star Evolution . . .