Double Stars, Physical Properties and Generic Relations: Proceeding of I.A.U. Colloquium No. 80 held at Lembang, Java 3-7 June 1983

Hidayat, B. (Editor) / Kopal, Zdenek (Editor) / Rahe, Jürgen H. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9400963742 / ISBN 13: 9789400963740

Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company, 2013

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428 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.97 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Double Stars, Physical Properties and Generic Relations: Proceeding of I.A.U. Colloquium No. 80 held at Lembang, Java 3-7 June 1983
• Publisher: D. Reidel Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9400963742
• ISBN 13: 9789400963740
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.74 kilograms

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Synopsis

The Bosscha Observatory in Lembang, Java, Indonesia, celebrated in 1983 its 60th anniversary. Since its foundation, the physical properties of binary systems have formed a major research topic of this observatory. Until 1970, the study of visual binaries and the determination of orbits received most emphasis. Since then, also the evolution of close binary systems, such as X-ray binaries, Wolf-Rayet binaries and binary pulsars, has been researched with priority in Lembang. It seemed thus appropriate that a Colloquium devoted to the study of binary systems be held in Lembang at the time of the Observatory's anniversary. In the Colloquium, the role of wide double (and multiple) systems received special emphasis - not only because of the long tradition of visual binary research at Lembang; but also because their role in documenting stellar evolution has been largely overlooked in recent decades, and needs to be brought into focus with the information forthcoming from close binaries. The Colloquium covered the physical properties of visual as well as close binary systems, and their generic relations, in the broadest possible sense. It was sponsored by the International Astronomical Union as IAU Colloquium No. 80 ('Double Stars, Physical Properties and Generic Relations'). After the official opening ceremony, the meeting started with a discussion on the future of astronomy in Asia. The scientific sessions began with the 'V. Bappu Memorial Lecture on the Evolution of Binary Systems', presented by Z. Kopal.