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Eclipsing Binary Stars

Modeling and Analysis

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Josef Kallrath

    1. BASF-AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
      Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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  2. Eugene F. Milone

    1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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  • Focuses on the formulation of mathematical models for the light curves of eclipsing binary stars, and on the algorithms for generating such models Begins with an overview of the problem and discussion of the observational data that form the basis of any model Concludes with chapters on specific models and approaches and the authors views on the structure of future light-curve programs Includes appendices that cover mathematical details on such matters as optimization, coordinate systems and specific models

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Data Base and Methods of Data Acquisition

    • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
    Pages 23-48

  4. A General Approach to Modeling Eclipsing Binaries

    • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
    Pages 49-135

  5. Determination of Eclipsing Binary Parameters

    • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
    Pages 137-184

  6. Light Curve Models and Software

    • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
    Pages 185-218

  7. The Wilson-Devinney Program and WD95

    • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
    Pages 219-234

  8. The Structure of Light Curve Programs and the Outlook for the Future

    • Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone
    Pages 235-242

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 243-355
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About this book

Have you ever stopped at a construction project on the way to your office and the day's astrophysics? Remember the other onlookers-folks just en­ joying the spectade, as we all do in following developments away from our areas of active work? We are excited and thrilled when the Hubble Space Telescope discovers an Einstein Cross, when the marvelous pulsars enter our lives, and when computer scientists put a little box on our desk that out-performs yesterday's giant machines. We are free to make use of such achievements and we respect the imagination and discipline needed to bring them about, just as onlookers respect the abilities and planning needed to create a building they may later use. After all, each of us contributes in our own areas as best we can. In addition to the serious onlookers there will be passers-by who take only a casual look at the site. They may use the building later, but have little or no interest in its construction, and give no thought to the resources needed to bring it to completion. Upon arriving at work, those persons write astronomy and astrophysics books at various levels, in which they must say something about dose binary stars. Usually a page or two will do, and the emphasis is on the MLR (mass, luminosity, radius) data obtained only from binaries.

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From the reviews:

"Those readers who may have made use of Russell and Merrill's classic work of the early 1950s on eclipsing binaries, written when computers wore skirts or trousers... will perhaps be surprised to find that few up-to-date textbooks are to be found on the subject.  The present book... is well produced and concise..." (Irish astronomical journal vol. 27, no. 1, p. 97, 2000)

Authors and Affiliations

  • BASF-AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany

    Josef Kallrath

  • Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Josef Kallrath

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Eugene F. Milone

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Eclipsing Binary Stars

  • Book Subtitle: Modeling and Analysis

  • Authors: Josef Kallrath, Eugene F. Milone

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3128-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-3128-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 355

  • Number of Illustrations: 76 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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