Report IAU Comm. 42, Close Binary Stars

Rucinski, Slavek M.; Ribas, Ignasi; Scarfe, Colin D.; Torres, Guillermo; Sion, Edward M.; Richards, Mercedes T.; Niarchos, Panayiotis; Olah, Katalin

Report IAU Comm. 42, Close Binary Stars

Authors

Richards, Mercedes T.

Niarchos, Panayiotis

Olah, Katalin

Description

Brief summaries are given about (1) close binary research from the perspective of the Bibliography of Close Binaries, (2) low-mass binaries and model discrepancies, (3) W UMa-type binaries, (4) cataclysmic variables, (5) Algol binaries, (6) the oEA stars, (7) effects of binarity on stellar activity.
To appear in the IAU Transactions Vol. XXVIIA (2006 - 2009), ed. Karel van der Hucht