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P1: ZBU Revised Pages Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology
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May 25, 2001
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Binary Stars Steven N. Shore Indiana University, South Bend
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Historical Introduction Some Preliminaries Classification of Close Binary Systems Evolutionary Processes for Stars in Binary Systems Mass Transfer and Mass Loss in Binaries X-Ray Sources and Cataclysmics Formation of Binary Systems Concluding Remarks
GLOSSARY Accretion disk Structure formed when the material accreting onto a star has excess angular momentum, forming a circulating disk of material s