Accreting binaries :nature, formation, and evolution /

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"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The discovery of accreting binaries -- 1.2. Celestial laboratories of extreme physics -- 1.3. Structure of this book2. Astrophysical basics for single stars -- 2.1. Concise stellar evolution -- 2.2. Fundamental properties of compact objects -- 2.3. Reviews, catalogs and references3. Astrophysical basics for binaries -- 3.1. Formation of a binary -- 3.2. General properties of a binary -- 3.3. Roche geometry -- 3.4. Common envelope evolution -- 3.5. Radiation mechanisms -- 3.6. Accretion disk -- 3.7. Reviews and references4. Cataclysmic variables (CV) -- 4.1. Nature of cataclysmic variables -- 4.2. Various types of cataclysmic variables -- 4.3. Formation, evolution and final fate -- 4.4. Reviews, catalogs and references5. Low-mass X-Ray binaries (LMXB) -- 5.1. Nature of low-mass X-ray binaries -- 5.2. Low-mass X-ray binaries hosting neutron stars -- 5.3. Low-mass X-ray binaries hosting black Holes -- 5.4. Formation, evolution and final fate -- 5.5. Reviews, catalogs, database and references6. High-mass X-ray binaries (HMXB) -- 6.1. Nature of high-mass X-ray binaries -- 6.2. Be X-ray binaries -- 6.3. Supergiant X-ray binaries (sgHMXB) -- 6.4. Beginning atmospheric roche-lobe overflow systems -- 6.5. Formation and evolution of HMXB -- 6.6. Final evolution of HMXB : toward GW emission -- 6.7. Reviews, catalogs, database and references7. Other accreting binaries -- 7.1. Intermediate-mass X-ray binaries (IMXB) -- 7.2. Ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULX) -- 7.3. Gamma-ray binaries -- 7.4. Reviews, catalogs, database and references8. Jets in accreting binaries -- 8.1. Jets in celestial sources -- 8.2. Jets in low-mass and high-mass X-ray binaries -- 8.3. Reviews, catalogs, database and references9. How to study the stellar couples -- 9.1. Multimessenger astrophysics -- 9.2. Virtual observatory -- 9.3. Numerical simulations -- 10. Conclusion."This book describes the rich and diverse realm of accreting binary systems, made up of a compact object such as a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole, orbiting a companion star. It details the nature, formation and evolution of accreting binaries, describing how extensive observations, accompanied by simulations, allow astronomers to better understand the energetic phenomena occurring in these intriguing systems. The book also describes how multi-messenger astronomy is currently revolutionizing our view of these systems, adding gravitational waves, neutrinos and cosmic rays to the photon light we receive from them. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book provides an introduction to the topic, first describing the astrophysical basics of both single and binary stars, before moving on to detail the different types of accreting binary systems such as cataclysmic variables (CVs), low-and high-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs/HMXBs), and peculiar binaries such as intermediate-mass X-ray binaries (IMXBs) and ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs), finishing up with a panorama of multimessenger research.Researchers and graduate students in high energy astrophysics.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Sylvain Chaty is Professor of Astrophysics at the AIM Astrophysics Institute, University of Paris, France. He obtained his PhD in Astrophysics and Space Science in 1998 at the Univ. Paris Saclay, on "Multi-wavelength Study of Galactic high-energy binary sources". His Habilitation thesis in 2007 was entitled "From microquasars to enshrouded binary systems: the Universe of extreme sources". He is an Elected member of Science Faculty Council of University of Paris, is a member of the LIGO-Virgo collaboration, and has organised numerous workshops on binary systems. He has 332 research publications, ~8700 citations and an H-index of 47.Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 5, 2022).

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