The Impact of Binary Stars on Stellar Evolution
The Impact of Binary Stars on Stellar Evolution

Author: Giacomo Beccari

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-04-18

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1108428584

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An advanced review of how binary stars affect stellar evolution, presenting results from state-of-the art models and recent observations.

Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Author: Harm J. Habing

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 1475738765

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The underlying astrophysical mechanisms of the objects known as asymptotic giant branch stars - the structures that occur during the dramatic period prior to a star's death - is the main theme of this text. Over the past three decades, asymptotic giant branch stars have become a topic of their own, and the contributions to this volume all focus on these entities themselves, rather than their connections to other fields of astronomy. Among the many topics covered are new methods of high- quality infrared observation and the more detailed and realistic simulations made possible by increasingly fast computers. This collection should be useful to graduate students who work in the field, teachers who want to address the subject in their courses, and to astronomers from various backgrounds who are interested in the astrophysics of AGB stars.

The Importance of Binaries in the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae
The Importance of Binaries in the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae

Author: Henri M. J. Boffin

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-09-04

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 3030250598

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It is now clear that a binary evolutionary pathway is responsible for a significant fraction of all planetary nebulae, with some authors even going so far as to claim that binarity may be a near requirement for the formation of an observable nebula. This has led to the requirement that textbooks most likely need to be rewritten. Building upon the review of Jones and Boffin in Nature Astronomy (2017), this Springer Brief takes a first step in this direction. It offers the first expanded presentation of all the theoretical and observational support for the importance of binarity in the formation of planetary nebulae, initially focusing on common envelope evolution but also covering wider binaries. This book emphasises the wider impact of the field, highlighting the critical role binary central stars of planetary nebulae have in understanding a plethora of astrophysical phenomena, including type Ia supernovae, chemically peculiar stars and circumbinary exoplanets.

Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy
Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy

Author: Horst Drechsel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-08-01

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 1402038755

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These proceedings celebrate the achievements of the great astronomer Zdenek Kopal, and reflect the state of the art of the dynamically evolving field of binary research, which owes so much to Kopal’s pioneering work.

Mass Loss from Stars and the Evolution of Stellar Clusters
Mass Loss from Stars and the Evolution of Stellar Clusters

Author: Alex de Koter

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13:

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"In the spring of 2006 a four day international workshop was held in Lunteren, The Netherlands, in honor of the formal retirement of Prof. Henny Lamers. These proceedings provide a comprehensive overview of mass loss in massive stars and of the dynamical fate of clusters. The dynamical evolution of clusters is affected by stellar winds, mass loss outbursts and supernova explosions as well as by the loss of stars in dynamical interactions, thus linking the two central themes of the workshop. It is becoming clear that mass loss by radiation pressure on spectral lines is not only at work in normal O, B, and A stars but also in Luminous Blue Variables and Wolf-Rayet stars. The importance of these line-driven winds relative to outbursts in the Luminous Blue Variable phase of evolution is under debate. A central issue in this discussion is the importance of small and possibly large scale structure in stellar winds and its implications for the measured mass loss rates. These proceedings report on progress establishing wind properties, on theoretical predictions of mass loss and wind structure as a function of stellar properties, and on the effects of mass loss on the evolution of massive stars. As a result of dynamical interactions, clusters may dissolve completely over time. Observational studies of cluster dissolution timescales as a function of cluster formation history and cluster and environmental properties, are at the focus of cluster studies in the last decade. A key topic discussed in this book is whether the old globular clusters we observe today were once similar to present-day massive young clusters. The mass function of the two types of clusters is observed to be different. Is this a result of dynamical evoltuion or were the mass functions different at formation? The 12 invited reviews, 18 contributed talks, 48 poster papers, and two discussion sessions combine to provide and in-depth assessment of both observational and theoretical issues. The book is suitable for researchers and graduate students interested in stellar astrophysics and cluster dynamics."--Provided by publisher.

The Art of Modeling Stars in the 21st Century (IAU S252)
The Art of Modeling Stars in the 21st Century (IAU S252)

Author: International Astronomical Union. Symposium

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 9780521889834

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Stellar models are the very basic building blocks with which we build up our knowledge of the Universe. New numerical experiments are heralding a new level of sophistication in our ability to model, and understand, how stars work. This volume provides an overview and the most recent advances in modeling of stellar structure and evolution. Modeling of stars relies on our understanding of the detailed physical processes happening in stars, and the most recent observations of stars made by modern large telescopes and current high technologies. IAU Symposium 252 presents the most recent developments in five key areas, including: improvements of the physical ingredients of stellar models; the evolution of low and intermediate mass stars; the evolution of massive stars; close binary evolution; and stellar physics in the era of very large telescopes. This overview of stellar research is at a level suitable for research astronomers and graduate students.