Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy

Digging Foundations for the “Royal Road”....Pages 3-15
One Fellow’s View of the “Royal Road”....Pages 17-31
Reminiscences of a Japanese Contemporary....Pages 33-41
RR CrB and Algol — The First and Last Star in Zdeněk Kopal’s Life with Binaries....Pages 43-54
Atmospheric Eclipses in WR+O Binaries: From Kopal and Shapley to Present Days....Pages 55-65
Resolving the Algol Paradox and Kopal’s Classification of Close Binaries with Evolutionary Implications....Pages 69-78
Global Solution of Dynamical Systems — A Report to Z. Kopal, on What Followed Since....Pages 79-89
Period Changes of Close Binary Systems....Pages 91-99
The Eclipsing Binary BX Andromedae and its Orbital Period Behaviour....Pages 101-104
The Unique Binary Star α Coronae Borealis....Pages 105-108
The Eccentric Eclipsing Binary V889 Aquilae....Pages 109-112
Triple and Multiple Systems....Pages 113-119
Estimation of Light Time Effects for Close Binaries in Triple Systems....Pages 121-126
Eclipsing Binaries Showing Light-Time Effect....Pages 127-130
Astrometric Solution of the Multiple System XY Leo....Pages 131-134
V475 Sct (Nova Scuti 2003) — Binary or Triple System?....Pages 135-139
Photometric Observations and Apsidal Motion Study of V1143 Cyg....Pages 141-144
Intrinsic Variables as Components of Close Binaries....Pages 145-155
Preliminary Analysis of V and Hp Light Curves of 26 Carbon Miras....Pages 157-160
Non-Radial Pulsations in Components of Symbiotic Stars....Pages 161-164
Be Stars in Binaries....Pages 165-168
Orbital Parameters of the Binary Companion in o and Using Spectrum Disentangling....Pages 169-172
Spectrum Disentangling and Orbital Solution for κ Dra....Pages 173-177
An Outburst Detected in the Spectrum of HD 6226....Pages 179-182
Bimodal Structure of Gas Streams in Interacting Binaries....Pages 183-184
Energy Transfer in W UMa Systems....Pages 185-188
In Between β Lyrae and Algol: The Case of V356 Sgr....Pages 189-192
EB Light Curve Models — What’s Next?....Pages 197-207
Basic Functions of the Light Curve Analysis of Eclipsing Variables in the Frequency Domain....Pages 209-220
Photometric Mass Ratios of Eclipsing Binary Stars....Pages 221-230
The OGLE-TR-56 Star-Planet System....Pages 231-234
Light Curve Analysis of Early-Type Close LMC Binaries....Pages 235-238
New Techniques and Limitations of Light Curve Analysis....Pages 239-249
A New Package of Computer Codes for Analyzing Light Curves of Eclipsing Pre-Cataclysmic Binaries....Pages 251-254
Light Curve Analysis of Early-Type Overcontact Systems....Pages 255-260
A Photometric Study of the Activity of SW Lac....Pages 261-264
CCD Photometry and Modeling of the Overcontact Binary Systems NN Vir and YY CrB....Pages 265-268
Radial Velocity and Light Curve Analysis of the Eclipsing Binary NN Vir....Pages 269-272
On the Overcontact Binary V2388 Oph and an Improved M—R Relation for LTCBs....Pages 273-276
AQ Psc — Analysis of New Light Curves....Pages 277-280
CCD Photometry of the Neglected Contact Binaries V344 Lac and V1191 Cyg....Pages 281-284
CCD Photometry of Neglected Eclipsing Binaries — KZ Dra, LR Cam and IM Vul....Pages 285-288
An Observational Study of Contact Binaries with Large Temperature Differences Between Components....Pages 289-292
Photometric Solution of the Eclipsing Binary V351 Pegasi....Pages 293-296
V2213 Cyg is a New W UMa-Type System....Pages 297-300
Light Curve Analysis of Two New W UMa Stars in M15....Pages 301-304
First Ground-Based Photometry and Light Curve Analysis of the Recently Discovered Contact Binary HX UMa....Pages 305-308
 UBV ( RI ) C Photometry of the Contact W UMa Binary BD + 14°5016....Pages 309-310
UV Leo: The Binary with the Two Suns....Pages 311-314
Influence of Interstellar and Atmospheric Extinction on Light Curves of Eclipsing Binaries....Pages 315-320
Results of Light Curve Analysis of the Massive Binary Cyg X-1/V1357 Cyg in Primary Minimum....Pages 321-324
Evolutionary Processes in Low-Mass Binary Systems....Pages 327-336
The Evolution of Massive Close Binaries....Pages 337-352
Binary Evolution Compared to Observed Algols....Pages 353-356
Contact Binaries: A Study of the Proximity Effects and Gravity Darkening Based on Kopal’s Fourier Method....Pages 359-370
Multi-Facility Study of the Algol-Type Binary δ Librae....Pages 371-389
Numerical Modeling of Mass Transfer in Close Binaries....Pages 391-401
Doppler Tomography....Pages 403-415
Indirect Imaging of the Accretion Disk Rim in W Crucis....Pages 417-420
Present Understanding of the Light Curves of Symbiotic Binaries....Pages 421-425
On the Asynchronous Rotation of Accretors in Interacting Binaries....Pages 427-430
Photometric Evolution of the Orbital Light Curves of the Slow Nova V723 Cas....Pages 431-434
Optical and X-ray Observations of the Symbiotic System AG Draconis During Quiescence and Outburst....Pages 435-439
Towards an Understanding of Radial Velocity Shift in UV Spectra of Symbiotic Stars....Pages 441-444
Preliminary Photometric Results for the 2003 Eclipse of EE Cep....Pages 445-449
Spectroscopic Observations of the EE Cep Eclipse in 2003....Pages 451-455
BM Cas: A Long-Period Eclipsing Binary with a Supergiant and a Common Envelope....Pages 457-460
MV Lyr: Transition from Low to High Brightness State....Pages 461-464
Preliminary Analysis of Photometric Variations of the Central Star of the Planetary Nebula Sh 2–71....Pages 465-468
Observations of the Deeply Eclipsing Dwarf Nova GY Cnc....Pages 469-472
Wavelength Dependence of the Orbital Variability of the Eclipsing Nova-Like Object DW UMa....Pages 473-476
Flickering in the Magnetic CV Star AM Herculis....Pages 477-480
Post-Common-Envelope Binaries with Distorted Secondaries....Pages 481-484
Search for Correlations Between Batse Gamma-Ray Bursts and Supernovae....Pages 485-488