High-Precision Studies of Compact Variable Stars

• Main Author: Bloemen, Steven (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This book, which is a reworked and updated version of Steven Bloemen’s original PhD thesis, reports on several high-precision studies of compact variable stars. Its strength lies in the large variety of observational, theoretical and instrumentation techniques that are presented and used and paves t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Spin-resolved spectroscopy of the intermediate polar DQ Her
• Spectral variability on the spin period of the white dwarf in V455 And
• Kepler observations of the beaming binary KPD1946+4340
• Doppler beaming and Rømer delay in the Kepler data of KOI-74
• A new grid of evolutionary sdB models and their pulsational properties
• MAIA: the Mercator Advanced Imager for Asteroseismology
• Conclusions and future prospects.