International Astronomical Union
Commission 42



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CLOSE BINARIES


No. 72


Editor-in-Chief:
C.D. Scarfe


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



Material published by March 15, 2001

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