Abstract
Observational techniques and data analysis tools have improved markedly in recent years, with the consequence that we can explore the properties of close binary stars at much greater spectral and time resolution and much better signal-to-noise ratios, or to much fainter brightness levels, than hitherto. This introductory review presents some examples to highlight those advances.
| Original language | English |
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| Volume | 318 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Keywords
- GRAVITATIONAL LENSING EXPERIMENT
- LINED SPECTROSCOPIC BINARIES
- DETACHED ECLIPSING BINARIES
- PERIODIC VARIABLE-STARS
- LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD
- BAADES WINDOW FIELDS
- PROPER-MOTION STARS
- SUBDWARF-B-STARS
- ORBITAL SOLUTIONS
- DIRECT DISTANCES