Giants of Eclipse: The ζ Aurigae Stars and Other Binary Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ake, Thomas B. (Editor), Griffin, Elizabeth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 408
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

The zeta Aurigae stars are the rare but illustrious sub-group of binary stars that undergo the dramatic phenomenon of "chromospheric eclipse". This book provides detailed descriptions of the ten known systems, illustrates them richly with examples of new spectra, and places them in the con...

Table of Contents:

• The zeta Aurigae Binaries
• Observing and Analyzing the zeta Aurigae Systems
• The Special Case of VV Cephei
• zeta Aurigae – a Two Century Long Dilemma Persists
• Atmospheric Heating and Wind Acceleration in Cool Evolved Stars
• Optical Interferometry of Giants and Supergiants
• Asteroseismology of Eclipsing Binary Stars
• Index of Keywords.