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Title

Compact stars in binaries : proceedings of the 165th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 15-19, 1994 / edited by Jan van Paradijs, Edward P.J. van den Heuvel, and Erik Kuulkers.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Paradijs, J. van.
• Heuvel, Edward Peter Jacobus van den, 1940-
• Kuulkers, E. (Erik)
• International Astronomical Union. Symposium (165th : 1994 : Hague, Netherlands)

Description

xiii, 546 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Double stars > Congresses
• Supernovae > Congresses

Note

• "IAU symposium 165 'Compact stars in binaries' was held from 15 through 19 August 1994, as part of the 22nd General Assembly of the IAU in The Hague"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Common-Envelope Evolution, the Formation of CVs, LMXBs, and the Fate of HMXBs / R. E. Taam -- Hydrodynamic Evolution of Coalescing Compact Binaries / F. A. Rasio and S. L. Shapiro -- The Structure and Evolution of Thorne-Zytkow Objects / Ph. Podsiadlowski -- Mechanisms for Dwarf Nova Outbursts and Soft X-ray Transients (A Critical Review) / J. P. Lasota -- Spin Evolution of the Progenitors of Binary and Millisecond Pulsars / P. Ghosh -- The Reaction of Low-Mass Stars to Anisotropic Irradiation and its Implications for the Secular Evolution of Cataclysmic Binaries / H. Ritter, Z. Zhang and U. Kolb -- The Evolutionary Status of PSR 1718-19 / E. Ergma and M. J. Sarna -- The Ecology of Magnetic Rotators / V. M. Lipunov -- The Formation and Evolution of Black-Hole Binaries / R. W. Romani -- Type Ib/c supernovae and their Relation to Binary Stars / B. Leibundgut --
• The Origin of Type Ib-Ic-IIb-IIL Supernovae and Binary Star Evolution / K. Nomoto, K. Iwamoto, T. Suzuki, O. R. Pols, H. Yamaoka, M. Hashimoto, P. Hoflich and E. P. J. van den Heuvel -- The Environments of Type Ib/c Supernovae / S. D. van Dyk, A. J. Barth and A. V. Filippenko -- Type II Supernovae in Binary Systems / P. C. Joss -- Gravitational Waves from Compact Bodies / K. S. Thorne -- Planets around Pulsars / A. Wolszczan -- Timing of Millisecond Pulsars / D. C. Backer -- Pulsar Velocities / M. Bailes -- A Review of Galactic Millisecond Pulsar Searches / A. G. Lyne -- The Local Low-Mass Binary Pulsar Population / D. R. Lorimer -- Models for the Formation of Binary and Millisecond Pulsars / D. Bhattacharya -- Pulsar/Supernova Remnant Associations / D. A. Frail -- Periastron Observations of the PSR B1259-63/SS2883 Binary System / S. Johnston -- Timing Observations of the SMC Binary PSR J0045-7319 / V. M. Kaspi, R. N. Manchester, M. Bailes and J. F. Bell --
• The Masses of the Neutron Stars in M15C / W. T. S. Deich and S. R. Kulkarni -- High-Mass X-ray Binaries: Recent Developments / F. Nagase -- Low-Mass X-ray Binaries - Recent Developments / M. van der Klis -- Aperiodic Flux Variability in A 0535+262 / M. H. Finger, R. B. Wilson, B. A. Harmon and W. S. Paciesas -- ASCA Observations of White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes / H. Inoue -- ROSAT Observations of Soft X-ray Transients in Quiescence / F. Verbunt -- Black-Hole Systems: Optical Spectroscopy and IR Photometry / P. A. Charles -- Optical Photometry of Black-Hole Candidates / C. A. Haswell -- Discovery of a New X-ray Transient in Scorpius (GRO J1655-40 [actual symbol not reproducible] X-ray Nova Scorpii 1994) / W. S. Paciesas, S. N. Zhang, B. C. Rubin, B. A. Harmon, C. A. Wilson and G. J. Fishman -- The Radio Outburst from GRO J1655-40 / R. W. Hunstead, D. Campbell-Wilson and T. Ye -- Dynamics and Binary (Trans)formation in Globular Clusters / P. Hut --
• ROSAT Observations of Globular Clusters in the Galaxy and in M31 / H. M. Johnston, F. Verbunt, G. Hasinger and W. Bunk -- AM Herculis Binaries / K. Beuermann -- Luminous Supersoft X-ray Sources / S. Rappaport and R. Di Stefano -- Supersoft ROSAT Sources in the Galaxies / P. Kahabka and J. Trumper -- Supersoft X-ray Sources in the LMC / A. P. Cowley, P. C. Schmidtke, D. Crampton and J. B. Hutchings -- Are Supersoft X-ray Sources Consistent with White Dwarfs? / A. van Teeseling, J. Heise and P. Kahabka -- Propellors - A New Class of Interacting Binaries / M. Mikolajewski, J. Mikolajewska and T. Tomov -- Analysis of Long-Term AAVSO Observations of RS Ophiuchi / B. D. Oppenheimer and J. A. Mattei -- Gamma-ray Bursts: Observational Overview / G. J. Fishman -- Soft Gamma Repeaters Revisited with BATSE / C. Kouveliotou -- Gamma-ray Bursts and Binary Neutron Star Mergers / T. Piran.

ISBN

• 0792338456 (hb : alk. paper)
• 0792338464 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

95046313

OCLC

ocm33442575

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries