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Springer Close Binaries In The 21St Century New Opportunities And Challenges by Alvaro Gimenez , Edward Guinan , Panagiotis Niarchos , Slavek Rucinski
This book is the proceedings of an international conference entitled "Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities and Challenges", held in Syros island, Greece, June 27-30, 2005. The papers collected in this volume detail the latest achievements in the field and reflect the state of the art of the dynamically evolving area of binary star research._x000D_ _x000D_Close Binaries in the 21 st Century: New Opportunities and Challenges.- The Brave New World of Binary Star Studies.- Multisite, Multiwavelength Studies of the Active Cool Binary CC Eri.- Late-type X-ray Emitting Binaries in the Solar Neighborhood and in Star Forming Regions.- Analysis of Extra-Solar Planetary Transits Using Tools from Eclipsing Binaries.- Photometric Studies of Twelve Deep, Low-mass Ratio Overcontact Binary Systems.- Updated UBV Light-Curve and Period Analysis of Eclipsing Binary HS Herculis.- The Period Variation of V839 Oph.- Investigation of Times of Minima of Selected Early-Type Eclipsing Binaries.- Photometric Studies of Bright Southern Binary Systems: ? Cra and ? Ori.- Photometric Solution of the O-type Eclipsing Binary V1007 Sco.- First results of the Central-East-South European Binary Star Study Group (CESEB).- Spot Modelling of ? Andromedae.- Chromospheric Activity and Orbital Solution of Six New Late-type Spectroscopic Binary Systems.- The Near-Contact System V387 Cygni: BVRI Photometry and Modelling.- Monitoring Secular Orbital Period Variations of Some Eclipsing Binaries at the Ankara University Observatory.- The W UMa-type Stars Program: First Results, Current Status and Perspectives.- A Mechanism for Producing Short-Period Binaries.- Evolutionary Status of Late-type Contact Binaries: Case of a 1.2 + 1 M ? Binary.- Wind Ionization Structure of the Short-Period Eclipsing LMC Wolf-Rayet Binary BAT99-129: Preliminary Results.- Masses and Radii of Low-Mass Stars: Theory Versus Observations.- Light-Time Effect in the Eclipsing Binaries GO Cyg, GW Cep, AR Aur and V505 Sgr.- X-ray Observations of Binary and Single Wolf-Rayet Stars with XMM-Newton and Chandra.- Libration Points in Schwarzschilds Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem.- Symbiotic Stars in the Context of Binary Evolution and Metallicity.- Properties of Components in Contact Systems.- On (? ? ?) and ( ? ?)-Type Relations for Close Binaries.- Radiation Pressure and Surface Gravity of Close Binaries: First Results from Observational Data Analysis.- The Spatial Distribution of W UMa-Type Stars.- Modeling the 2004.5 Brightening of the Contact Binary V839 Oph.- First Photometric Observations and Preliminary Results of Binaries FO Aurigae and V1025 Herculis.- Monitoring Possible Light-Time Effect in the Orbital Period of Some Eclipsing Binaries at the Ankara University Observatory.- Distributions of Geometrical and Physical Parameters of Contact Binaries.- Some Thoughts on Pulsation and Binarity.- Active Longitudes in Close Binaries.- Enhanced Activity in Close T Tauri Binaries.- Modelling Eclipsing Binaries with Dense Spot Coverage.- Orbital Period Changes and Long Term Luminosity Variation in Active Binary CG Cyg.- Short Time-Scale Variability in the Light Curve of TW Draconis.- X-ray Emission from the Pre-Main Sequence Systems FU Orionis and T Tauri.- A Search for Pulsating, Mass-Accreting Components in Algol-Type Eclipsing Binaries.- HD172189, a Cluster Member Binary System with a ? Scuti Component in the Field of View of COROT.- Eclipsing Binaries with Possible Light-Time Effect.- Eccentric Eclipsing Binary YY Sagittarii.- Photospheric Abundance Peculiarities in RS CVn Binaries.- Possible Light-Time Effect in the Eclipsing Binary System TY Boo.- Preliminary Photometric Evidence of Starspot Umbrae and Penumbrae on Late-Type Active Stars.- Late-Type Active Stars: Rotation & Companions.- Eclipsing Binaries in Open Clusters.- Eclipsing Binaries in Local Group Galaxies.- The First DIRECT Distance to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33.- Absolute Parameters of Early-Type Close Binaries in the LMC.- Searching for Planetary Eclipses in Open Clusters: NGC 7086.- Binaries with Total Eclipses in the LMC: Potential Targets for Spectroscopy.- Eclipsing Binary Stars in Nearby Galaxies.- EROS-II Variable Stars: Eclipsing Binaries in the EROS Microlensing Surveys.- First Results from ROTES: The ROtse Telescope Eclipsing-binary Survey.- Planets and Planet-Sized Binaries from the OGLE Transit Survey.- Eccentricities of Planets in Binary Systems.- A Three Body Solution for the DI Her System.- Common Proper Motion Search for Faint Companions Around Early-Type Field Stars - Progress Report.- The Asiago Extrasolar Planet Transit Search.- The WASP Project and SuperWASP Camera.- X-Ray Binaries in Nearby Galaxies.- Synthesis of Line Profiles and Radial Velocity Curves for X-Ray Binary Systems.- Hot Subdwarfs in Precataclysmic Binaries.- On the Binary Nature of SS 433.- On Possible Nature of Pre-eclipse Dips in Light Curves of Semi-detached Systems with Steady-state Disks.- After the Supernova: Runaway Stars and Massive X-ray Binary Populations with Metallicity.- X-rays from the Symbiotic Star RX Pup.- Results of Optical Monitoring of Cataclysmic Variable GK Per in 2004.- Tomographic Simulations of Accretion Disks in Cataclysmic Variables - Flickering and Wind.- X1908+075: A Late O-Type Supergiant with a Neutron Star Companion.- Spectroscopy of the Candidate Pre-CV LTT 560.- The Enigmatic Behaviour of the Old Nova RR Pic.- Symbiotic Binary YY Her - Eclipses, Flares and Outbursts.- Analysis of Near Infrared Observations of the Symbiotic Mira RR Tel.- The Structure and the Partial Opacity of the Spiral Shocks on the Novalike Cataclysmic Variables.- Deductions from the Indication of Eclipses of Nova V1493 Aql.- Mapping of the Disc Structure of the Neutron Star X-ray Binary X1822-371.- The DDO Short-Period Binary RV Program.- Abundances from Disentangled Component Spectra of Close Binary Stars: An Observational Test of an Early Mixing in High-Mass Stars.- Doppler Imaging of Rapidly-Rotating M Stars.- Disentangling of the Spectra of Binary Stars - Principles, Results and Future Development.- Automated Analysis of Light Curves of OGLE LMC Binaries: The Period distribution.- Disentangling Effective Temperatures of Individual Eclipsing Binary Components by Means of Color-Index Constraining.- A Method For Eclipsing Component Identification In Large Photometric Datasets.- H? Photometry of Two Contact Binaries.- A Library of Eclipsing Binary Light-Curves: Fast Initial Parameters Estimation, and on the Uniqueness of the Inverse Problem.- On Methods for the Light Curves Extrema Determination.- LU Vel (GJ 375): A M3.5Ve Flare and Double-Lined Spectroscopic Binary.- Dense Spot Coverage and Polar Caps on SV Cam.- Doppler Images of ? Andromedae.- Future Prospects for Ultra-High Resolution Imaging of Binary Systems at UV and X-ray Wavelengths.- The Impact of CoRoT on Close Binary Research.- On the Gaia Expected Harvest on Eclipsing Binaries.- The Kepler Mission: Astrophysics and Eclipsing Binaries.- STELLA: Two New Robotic Telescopes for Binary-Star Research.- Getting SMARTS on Novae: Highlights of the Early Evolution of Nova V475 Sct._x000D_