A Study of Southern Spectroscopic Binaries

The study of spectroscopic binaries is by no means a new area of study. The Doppler shifting of spectral lines as the stars orbit around each other is now able to be measured very precisely. Binary stars give a reliable means of determining stellar parameters such as the mass. A star's mass is...

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Main Author: Thompson, Vincent Brent
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Physics and Astronomy 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2907