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100 1 $aAke, Thomas B.$eeditor.
245 10 $aGiants of Eclipse: The ζ Aurigae Stars and Other Binary Systems /$cedited by Thomas B. Ake, Elizabeth Griffin.
264 1 $aCham :$bSpringer International Publishing :$bImprint: Springer,$c2015.
300 $aXV, 202 p. 79 illus., 46 illus. in color.$bonline resource.
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490 1 $aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,$x0067-0057 ;$v408
505 0 $aThe zeta Aurigae Binaries -- Observing and Analyzing the zeta Aurigae Systems -- The Special Case of VV Cephei -- zeta Aurigae – a Two Century Long Dilemma Persists -- Atmospheric Heating and Wind Acceleration in Cool Evolved Stars -- Optical Interferometry of Giants and Supergiants -- Asteroseismology of Eclipsing Binary Stars -- Index of Keywords.
520 $aThe zeta Aurigae stars are the rare but illustrious sub-group of binary stars that undergo the dramatic phenomenon of "chromospheric eclipse". This book provides detailed descriptions of the ten known systems, illustrates them richly with examples of new spectra, and places them in the context of stellar structure and evolution. Comprised of a large cool giant plus a small hot dwarf, these key eclipsing binaries reveal fascinating changes in their spectra very close to total eclipse, when the hot star shines through differing heights of the "chromosphere", or outer atmosphere, of the giant star. The phenomenon provides astrophysics with the means of analyzing the outer atmosphere of a giant star and how that material is shed into space. The physics of these critical events can be explained qualitatively, but it is more challenging to extract hard facts from the observations, and tough to model the chromosphere in any detail. The book offers current thinking on mechanisms for heating a star's chromosphere and on how a star loses mass, and relates this science synergistically to studies of other stars and binaries, and to the increasing relevance of contributions from new techniques in interferometry and asteroseismology. It also includes a detailed discussion of the enigmatic star epsilon Aurigae, which had recently undergone one of its very infrequent and very baffling eclipses. Though not a zeta Aurigae system, epsilon Aurigae is a true "Giant" among eclipsing stars. The 7 chapters of this book, written by a group of experts, have been carefully edited to form a coherent volume that offers a thorough overview of the subject to both professional and student.
650 0 $aPhysics.
650 14 $aPhysics.
650 24 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650 24 $aAstrophysics and Astroparticles.
700 1 $aGriffin, Elizabeth.$eeditor.
776 08 $iPrinted edition:$z9783319091976
830 0 $aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,$x0067-0057 ;$v408
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