International Astronomical Union
Commission 42



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CLOSE BINARIES


No. 71


Editor-in-Cief:
H. Drechsel


Editors:
D.R. Faulkner
T.J. Herczeg
V.G. Karetnikov
E. Lapasset
C. Maceroni
Y. Nakamura
P.G. Niarchos
R.G. Samec
C.D. Scarfe
M. Wolf



Material published by September 15, 2000

From BCB issue no. 72 (June 2001) on, the editor-in-chief will change. I am pleased to announce that

Professor Dr. Colin D. Scarfe

will take over the responsibility for the publication of BCB.

I like to express my sincere thanks to all past and current members of the editorial team for their extensive efforts as contributing editors during the past five years. Thanks to their excellent collaboration, it was a real pleasure to compile this bibliography.

Horst Drechsel

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1.

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2.

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3.

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Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Victoria
Victoria, B.C., V8W 3P6
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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 HMXB high-mass X-ray binary QPO quasi-periodic oscillation

BH black hole IP intermediate polar RV radial velocity

CB close binary LC light curve SB spectroscopic binary

CV cataclysmic variable LMXB low-mass X-ray binary WD white dwarf

EB eclipsing binary NS neutron star WR Wolf-Rayet star

Several entries of this issue use the abbreviation:
OAP -- Odessa Astronomical Publications (issue of the Odessa Astronomical Observatory of the Odessa State University, Ukraine), Astroprint Publishing Company, Ukraine