Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars

by Peter Eggleton

Book Overview

Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. Stars evolve primarily by nuclear reactions in their interiors, but a star with a binary companion can also have its evolution influenced by the companion. Multiple star systems can exist in a stable state for millions of years, but can ultimately become unstable as one star grows in radius until it engulfs another. This volume discusses the statistics of binary stars; the evolution of single...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521855578
• ISBN13: 9780521855570
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.8"