Re: Eclipsng Binaries

[Dirk Terrell <terrell@boulder.swri.edu>]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:10:17 -0600, Michael Sallman wrote:

>I'm thinking of getting the Kallrath & Milone book - Eclipsing Binary
>Stars: Modeling and Analysis. I have a vague recollection of someone
>recommending it, though I can't remember where or when I saw it.
>Anyone care to offer their thoughts on this book?

K&M is a good book for learning about EBs and as Arne mentioned, has
all the math in there. (Mind you, I wrote some of the sections in it so
I have a slightly biased view.)

Hilditch's book is also a good one and definitely worth reading. It's
well-written and Ron is well-versed in the wide variety of the EB
family.

For data analysis you should look at R.E. (Bob) Wilson's papers. He is
the author of the Wilson-Devinney analysis code. Here are some of them:

From IAPPP Commun. 1994 Spring issue:
http://binaries.boulder.swri.edu/papers/rew_iappp_94/

Wilson and Devinney 1971, Astrophys. J. vol 166, p. 605
Wilson 1979, Astrophys. J. vol 234, p. 254

And you might find this by yours truly helpful:
Terrell 2001, JAAVSO vol 30, p. 1

The Astrophys. J. and JAAVSO papers are available on ADS. There is a
group of us who work on EBs and have a mailing list and web site. See

http://binaries.boulder.swri.edu

Feel free to contact me off-list if you need more or want to join our
group. Now, back to doing IR photometry...

Dirk