International Astronomical Union
Commission 42



BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PROGRAM NOTES ON CLOSE BINARIES


No. 62


Editor-in-Cief:
H. Drechsel


Editors:
B.J. Carrigan
R. Häfner
T.J. Herczeg
V.G. Karetnikov
C. Maceroni
P. Mayer
R.G. Samec
C.D. Scarfe
M. Vetesník
A. Yamasaki



Material published by March 15, 1996

The bibliographical entries for Individual Stars and Collections of Data are categorized according to the following coding scheme:

1.

Observational data

a. Photometry

b. Spectroscopy

c. Spectrophotometry

d. Polarimetry

e. Astrometry, interferometry

f. Times of minima

$$\gamma$$ g.

i. Infrared data

o. Optical data

p. Photographic data

r. Radio data

u. Ultraviolet data

v. Visual estimates

x. X-ray data

2.

Derived physical data

a. Orbital elements

b. Absolute dimensions, masses

c. New or improved ephemeris, period variations

d. Apsidal motion

e. Physical properties of stellar atmospheres

f. Chemical abundances

g. Accretion disks and accretion phenomena

3.

Catalogues, discoveries, charts

a. Catalogues

b. Discoveries of new binaries and novae

c. Identification of optical counterparts of X-ray, IR, or radio sources

d. Finding charts

4.

Observational techniques

5.

Theoretical investigations

6.

Statistical investigations

7.

Miscellaneous

a. Abstract

b. Addenda or errata

Abbreviations

AD accretion disk EB eclipsing binary RV radial velocity

BH black hole HMXRB high-mass X-ray binary SB spectroscopic binary

CB close binary LMXRB low-mass X-ray binary WD white dwarf

CV cataclysmic variable NS neutron star WR Wolf-Rayet