Binary Stars: Selected Topics on Observations and Physical Processes Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School XII Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 6-17 September 1999 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lazaro, F. C. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Arevalo, M.J (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 563
• Subjects: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

More than half of all stars in the universe formed and evolved as binary systems and their study is essential for understanding stellar and galactic evolution. The six lectures in this book give both a readable introduction and an up-to-date review of nearly all aspects of current research into bina...