Variable stars and Binary systems (II)
11 Maio 2020, 13:00 • Israel Matute
Lecture dedicated to the description of binary systems.
Equipotential surfaces and the Roche lobes.
The evolutionary path of binary systems: cataclysmic, novas/recurrent-novas, and type-I supernovae.
A detailed description of type-Ia supernovae and their use in cosmology for distance measurements.