Variable Stars as Essential Astrophysical Tools

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Basic Aspects of Stellar Structure and Pulsation....Pages 1-58
An Introduction to Helioseismology....Pages 59-168
Solar Models and Helioseismology....Pages 169-176
Astrophysical Equation of State and Opacity....Pages 177-212
Introduction to Asteroseismology of δ Scuti Stars....Pages 213-226
The Pulsational Behaviour of Variable Stars in the Lower Part of the Instability Strip....Pages 227-242
57 Tau, a δ Scuti Star in Binary System in the Hyades....Pages 243-252
Evolution and Hydrodynamics of Rotating Stars....Pages 253-260
Techniques of Collection, Reduction and Analysis of Data of Pulsating Stars I....Pages 261-276
Techniques of Collection, Reduction and Analysis of Data of Pulsating Stars II....Pages 277-292
Simultaneous Light Curve, Color Curve and Line Profile Fitting for Pulsating Stars....Pages 293-312
An Introduction to Ap Stars, roAp Stars and the Asteroseismology of roAp Stars....Pages 313-338
Evidence for, and Development of, the Oblique Pulsator Model....Pages 339-362
Long-Term Monitoring of Cyclic Frequency Variability in roAp Stars....Pages 363-372
Multi-Color Observations and Atmospheric Level Effects in roAp Stars....Pages 373-386
Asteroseismology Vs. Astrometry....Pages 387-396
Pulsational Radial Velocity Studies of Roap Stars....Pages 397-404
Asteroseismology with A Spatial Resolution....Pages 405-420
Asteroseismology of Cepheids....Pages 421-436
On the Normalization of Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relationships....Pages 437-458
Theoretical Models of γ Doradus Variables....Pages 459-466
Gamma Doradus Stars....Pages 467-484
Trend Analysis of Long Period Variables....Pages 485-502
Absolute Magnitudes of M Type Semi-Regular Variables in Hipparcos Catalogue....Pages 503-510
Pulsating White Dwarf Stars....Pages 511-528
The O-C Diagram....Pages 529-556
Period Changes as a Tool to Study Stellar Evolution....Pages 557-564
Apsidal Motion in Close Binaries....Pages 565-576
Apsidal Motion Studies for DI Her....Pages 577-586
Irradiation Effects and Light Curve Solution of Close Hot Binaries....Pages 587-604
Orbital Period Variations of Some Algol-Type Binaries....Pages 605-614
Period Changes as a Tool to Study Unseen Components Around Eclipsing Binaries....Pages 615-622
Asymmetry in the Light Curves of Massive Binaries....Pages 623-630
On the Gravity Darkening of Eclipsing Variables of W UMa Type....Pages 631-642
UBV Photometry of the Massive Eclipsing Binary TT Aurigae....Pages 643-648
Orbital Period Changes and Global Evolution of Contact Binaries....Pages 649-657
Detached Eclipsing Binaries as a Test of Stellar Evolutionary Models....Pages 659-670
Modelling Photospheres of Active Stars - What Can We Learn from Photometric Spot Modelling?....Pages 671-686
Hα Line and Photometric Variability in Magnetically Active Stars....Pages 687-700
On the Connection Between Magnetic Activity and Orbital Period Modulation in Close Binaries....Pages 701-718
Multi-Site Spectroscopy on FK Comae: An Extreme Activity Laboratory....Pages 719-724
Cataclysmic Variables as a Magnetic Laboratory....Pages 725-750
Accretion Disk Winds in Dwarf Novae....Pages 751-757
Apparent Changes of Orbital Period Due to Outbursts in Symbiotic Binaries....Pages 759-766
Statistical Investigations of High and Low Mass X-Ray Binaries....Pages 767-772
Application of the Hot White Dwarf Atmosphere Models to the X-ray Data of Classical Novae....Pages 773-782
Flares and Large Scale Evolution of a Solar Active Region Observed in 1996 by Goes, Soho and Yohkoh....Pages 783-798
Stellar Astrophysics with a Wide Field Optical Camera in Space....Pages 799-811
Back Matter....Pages 813-825