The Influence of Binaries on Stellar Population Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Binary Statistics in Clusters and the Field....Pages 3-19
Statistics of Non Evolved Binaries with a B Type Primary....Pages 21-35
Massive Binaries....Pages 37-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Cataclysmic Variables, Super-Soft Sources and Double-Degenerates....Pages 55-71
Observing Globular Cluster Binaries with Gravitational Radiation....Pages 73-78
The Algol-Type Binaries....Pages 79-94
Be Stars: Single and Binary Components....Pages 95-110
Chemically-Peculiar Red Giants: Uncovering the Binary Intruders....Pages 111-116
Eccentricities of the Barium Stars....Pages 117-124
High-mass X-ray Binaries and OB-runaway Stars....Pages 125-140
The Observed Galactic Wolf-Rayet Star Distribution in Relation with Metallicity....Pages 141-156
Systematic Search for Wolf-Rayet Binaries in the Magellanic Clouds: Preliminary Results....Pages 157-163
An X-ray Examination of Runaway Stars....Pages 165-171
HST FGS1R Observations of 18 Radio Emitting Wolf-Rayet Stars....Pages 173-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
High Energy Emission from Starburst Galaxies: The Role of X-ray Binaries....Pages 183-198
Supernova Types and Rates....Pages 199-214
Stellar Winds from Massive Stars....Pages 215-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
News on the Evolution of Massive Stars....Pages 233-247
Massive Close Binaries....Pages 249-271
Massive Single and Binary Star Models: A Comparison....Pages 273-286
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Chemical Evolution of Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars....Pages 287-297
The Evolution of Intermediate-Mass Binaries....Pages 299-309
Close Binaries in Triple Systems....Pages 311-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
The Population of Cataclysmic Variable Systems....Pages 321-337
The Population of Close Double White Dwarfs in the Galaxy....Pages 339-354
Binary Population Synthesis: Low- and Intermediate-Mass X-Ray Binarie....Pages 355-369
Simulating Open Star Clusters....Pages 371-386
Binaries and Globular Cluster Dynamics....Pages 387-401
The Effect of Tides and Stellar Dynamics on Binary and Cluster Populations....Pages 403-418
Massive Star Population Synthesis of Starbursts....Pages 419-434
Radioactivities in Population Studies: 26 Al and 60 Fe from OB Associations....Pages 435-445
Binary Population Synthesis: Methods, Normalization, and Surprises....Pages 447-461
Population Synthesis and Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitors....Pages 463-478
General Discussion on Population Synthesis Modelling....Pages 479-487
Front Matter....Pages 489-489
Element Abundances and Galactic Chemical Evolution....Pages 491-506
Hypernova Nucleosynthesis and Galactic Chemical Evolution....Pages 507-533
The Effect of Binaries on the Chemical Evolution of the Solar Neighbourhood....Pages 535-555
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Multi-Colour CCD Photometry of Intermediate Visual Double Stars....Pages 559-560
Simulations of the X-Ray Output of Evolving Stellar Populations....Pages 561-562
The CV Minimum Period Problem....Pages 563-564
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Resonant Tides in Close Binaries....Pages 565-566
Improved Basic Physical Properties of the Oe-Star Binary V1007 Sco....Pages 567-567
The Rp-Process on Compact Binaries: Importance of Exact Parameters....Pages 569-571
Magnetic Activities of Near Contact Binaries....Pages 573-574
Metal Abundance of the Eclipsing Binary YZ Cas....Pages 575-576
Relativistic Effects to Neutron Star Merger Ejecta....Pages 577-578
On the Formation of Oxygen-Neon White Dwarfs in Binary Systems....Pages 579-580
Binary Statistics from Hipparcos....Pages 581-582