General

Adams, E.R. et al. (6 authors) 2012, AJ 144, 42. Adaptive optics detects contaminating close companions ot Kepler objects.

Allen, P.R. et al. (4 authors) 2012, AJ 144, 62. Low-mass companions to SBs sought with 2MASS common-proper-motion survey.

Anglada-Escudé, G. et al. (14 authors) 2012, PASP 124, 586. Absorption cells for precise RVs in K band.

Augustson, K.C. et al. (5 authors) 2012, ApJ 756, 169. Convection and differential rotation in F-type stars. (8a)

Badenes, C., Maoz, D. 2012, ApJ 749, L11. (8c) Merger rate of binary WDs in the galactic disk.

Barkov, M.V., Khangulyan, D.V. 2012, MNRAS 421, 1351. Direct wind accretion and jet launch in binary systems.

Barnard, R. et al. (7 authors) 2012, ApJ 756, 32. Period distribution of x-ray binaries in M31. (9)

Beuther, H., Linz, H., Henning, Th. 2012, A&A 543, 88. (5i) The high-mass disk candidates NGC 7538IRS1 and NGC 7538S.

Blondin, S. et al. (12 authors) 2012, AJ 143, 126. Spectroscopic diversity of type Ia SNe.

Bonaca, A. et al. (27 authors) 2012, ApJ 755, L12. Mixing-length parameter should vary with stellar properties. (8a)

Bukowiecki, L. et al. (4 authors) 2012, IBVS No. 6021. Period-age correlations for EBs in stellar clusters.

Cannon, K. et al. (14 authors) 2012, ApJ 748, 136. (7abcd) Detection of gravity waves from CB coalescence.

Cagas, P., Pejcha, O. 2012, A&A 544, 3. (2c) Discovery of a double EB with periods near a 3:2 ratio.

Chatzopoulos, E., Robinson, E.L., Wheeler, J.C. 2012, ApJ 755, 95. Rotationally induced mixing affects evolution of solar-type binaries and single stars. (8a)

Chen, X. et al. (4 authors) 2012, ApJ 755, L9. Constraints on double-degenerate progenitors for type Ia SNe. (8a)

Church, R.P. et al. (4 authors) 2012, MNRAS 425, 470. The properties of long $\gamma$-ray bursts in massive compact binaries.

Claret, A. 2012, A&A 541, A113. Gravity-darkening exponents and apsidal-motion constants for pre-main-sequence models.

Coriat, M., Fender, R.P., Dubus, G. 2012, MNRAS 424, 1991. Revisiting a fundamental test of the disc instability model for x-ray binaries.

De Vito, M.A., Benvenuto, O.G. 2012, MNRAS 421, 2206. The evolution of low-mass CBs with a NS component: a detailed grid.

Dieterich, S.B. et al. (5 authors) 2012, AJ 144, 64. Multiplicity study of nearby stars indicates scarcity of brown-dwarf companions.

Domingos, R.C., Winter, O.C., Carruba, V. 2012, A&A 544, 63. (8b) Mean motion resonances and the stability of a circumbinary disk in a triple stellar system.

Eldridge, J.J. 2012, MNRAS 422, 794. Stochasticity, a variable stellar upper mass limit, binaries and star formation indicators.

Faghei, K. 2012, JApA 33, 9. Self-similar solutions for viscous and resistive advection-dominated accretion flows.

Falceta-Gonçalves, D., Abraham, Z. 2012, MNRAS 423, 1562. MHD numerical simulations of colliding winds in massive binary systems. I. Thermal versus non-thermal radio emission.

Fender, R., Belloni, T. 2012, Science 337, 540. Stellar-mass BHs and ultraluminous x-ray sources.

Fernández, J.F. et al. (4 authors) 2012, PASP 124, 507. New method for differentisl photometry.

Fuller, J., Lai, D. 2012, MNRAS 421, 426. Dynamical tides in compact WD binaries: tidal synchronization and dissipation.

Geier, S. et al. (18 authors) 2012, Astron. Nachr. 333, 431. MUCHFUSS - Massive unseen companions to hot faint underluminous stars from SDSS.

Geller, A.M., Mathieu, R.D. 2012, AJ 144, 54. Statistical properties of NGC 188 binaries.

Gies, D.R. et al. (7 authors) 2012, AJ 143, 137. Search for hierarchical triples using Kepler eclipse timing.

Groenewegen, M.A.T. 2012, A&A 543, 36. (8ac) An extension of the DUSTY radiative transfer code and an application to OH 26.5 and TT Cygni.

Guenther, E.W. et al. (6 authors) 2012, A&A 543, 125. (2c) Multi-object spectroscopy of stars in the CoRoT fields. II. The stellar population of the CoRoT fields IRa01, LR01a01, LRa02, and LRa06.

Ishibashi, W., Courvoisier, T.J.-L. 2012, A&A 540, L2. The physical origin of the x-ray power spectral density break timescale in accreting BHs.

Janiuk, A., Misra, R. 2012, A&A 540, A114. Stabilization of radiation pressure dominated ADs through viscous fluctuations.

Jiang, D. et al. (5 authors) 2012, MNRAS 421, 2769. The short-period limit of contact binaries.

Justham, S., Schawinski, K. 2012, MNRAS 423, 1641. Another thread in the tapestry of stellar feedback: x-ray binaries.

Kai, T., Arai, K. 2012, Ap&SS 341, 359. (5i) On the prescriptions of viscosity in an AD model.

Kasliwal, M.M. 2012, PASA 29, 482. Systematically bridging the gap between novae and supernovae.

Kastner, J.H. et al. (26 authors) 2012, AJ 144, 58. Chandra x-ray observations of PNe may indicate high frequency of binary central stars.

Kato, S. 2012, PASJ 64, 78. Trapped, two-armed, nearly vertical oscillations in disks with toroidal magnetic fields II: Effects of finite thickness.

Kato, T., Maehara, H., Uemura, M. 2012, PASJ 64, 63. Characterization of dwarf novae using SDSS colours.

Korntreff, C., Kaczmarek, T., Pfalzner, S. 2012, A&A 543, 126. (8a) Towards the field binary population: influence of orbital decay on CBs.

Kotko, I., Lasota, J.-P 2012, A&A 545, 115. (5i) The viscosity parameter $\alpha$ and the properties of accretion disc outbursts in CBs.

Kowalska, I., Bulik, T., Belczynski, K. 2012, A&A 541, A120. Gravitational wave background from Population III coalescing compact binaries.

Krawczynski, H. 2012, ApJ 754, 133. Strong gravity test for GR in BH XRBs not distinguishable. (8)

Langer, N. 2012, ARA&A 50, 107. Presupernova evolution of massive single and binary stars.

Linden, T., Valsecchi. F., Kalogera, V. 2012, ApJ 748, 114. (8c) An explanation for the rarity of XRBs with naked He donors.

Linder, N. et al. (5 authors) 2012, A&A 541, 2. The Struve-Sahade effect in the optical spectra of O-type binaries. I. Main-sequence systems (Corrigendum). Erratum of: A&A 474, 193 (2007)

Linnell, A.P., DeStefano, P., Hubeny, I. 2012, PASP 124, 885. A publicly available program for simulating spectra and LCs of binaries with or without ADs.

Longland, R. et al. (5 authors) 2012, A&A 542, A117. Lithium production in the merging of WD stars.

Lutovinov, A.A., Grebenev, S.A., Tsygankov, S.S. 2012, AstL 38, 492. Luminosity function of HMXBs and anisotropy in the distribution of AGNs toward the LMC. (9x)

Maoz, D., Mannucci, F. 2012, PASA 29, 447. Type-Ia supernova rates and the progenitor problem: A review.

Marzari, F. 2012, MNRAS 421, 3431. Interstellar medium perturbations on transport-dominated debris discs in binary star systems.

Matt, S.P. et al. (4 authors) 2012, ApJ 754, L26. Magnetic-braking formulation for Sun-like stars. (8d)

Meeus, G. et al. (18 authors) 2012, A&A 544, 78. (2c) Observations of Herbig Ae/Be stars with Herschel/PACS. The atomic and molecular contents of their protoplanetary discs.

Mendigutia, I. et al. (7 authors) 2012, A&A 543, 59. (5i) Accretion-related properties of Herbig Ae/Be stars. Comparison with T Tauris.

Moeckel, N., Veras, D. 2012, MNRAS 422, 831. Exoplanets bouncing between binary stars.

Montgomery, M.M. 2012, ApJ 753, L27. Disk tilt, warp, precession of SU UMa-type systems. (5i, 8a)

Noaz, S., Farr, W.M. 2012, ApJ 754, L36. Formation of Jupiters in binary stellar systems. (8a)

Ogilvie, G.I., Lesur, G. 2012, MNRAS 422, 1975. On the interaction between tides and convection.

Oskinova, L.M., Feldmeier, A., Kretschmar, P. 2012, MNRAS 421, 2820. Clumped stellar winds in supergiant HMXBs: x-ray variability and photoionization.

Osten, R.A. et al. (4 authors) 2012, ApJ 754, 4. Flaring stars and binaries in the galactic bulge. (9)

Pan, K.C., Ricker, P.M, Taam, R.E. 2012, ApJ 750, 151. (8c) Impact of type Ia SN ejecta on companions.

Parker, R.J., Goodwin, S.P. 2012, MNRAS 422, 1975. The same, but different: stochasticity in binary destruction.

Patruno, A. 2012, ApJ 753, L12. Magnetic field burial models explain lack of pulsar pulsations in LMXBs. (8ad)

Pe'er, A., Markoff, S. 2012, ApJ 753, 177. Transient BH jet model. (8ad)

Penner, A.J. et al. (5 authors) 2012, ApJ 749, L36. (8c) Crustal failure of NSs during spiral infall.

Piro, R.L. 2012, ApJ 755, 80. Magnetic interactions in coalescing NS binaries. (8a)

Revnivtsev, M.G., Zolotukhin, I.Y., Meshcheryakov, A.V. 2012, MNRAS 421, 2846. Period-luminosity relation for persistent LMXBs in the near IR.

Rivero Gonzalez, J.G. et al. (4 authors) 2012, A&A 543, 95. (2c) Nitrogen line spectroscopy in O-stars. III. The earliest O-stars.

Romanova, M.M. et al. (4 authors) 2012, MNRAS 421, 63. MRI-driven accretion on to magnetized stars: global 3D MHD simulations of magnetosheric and boundary layer regimes.

Sana, H. et al. (10 authors) 2012, Science 337, 444. (9) Binary interaction dominates the evolution of massive stars.

Sanna, N. et al. (6 authors) 2012, MNRAS 422, 1171. The blue straggler star population in NGC 6229.

Semena, A.N., Revnivtsev, M.G. 2012, AstL 38, 321. Estimation of plasma parameters in an accretion column near the surface of accreting WDs from their flux variability. (8d)

Shah, S., van der Sluys, M., Nelemans, G. 2012, A&A 544, 153. (7b) Using electromagnetic observations to aid gravitational-wave parameter estimation of compact binaries observed with LISA.

Shao, Y., Li, X-D. 2012, ApJ 756, 85. Formation of MS pulsars from XRBs. (8a, 9)

Shaposhnikov, N. 2012, ApJ 752, L25. The nature of QPO phase lags. (8a)

Shen, K.J. et al. (4 authors) 2012, ApJ 748, 35. (8c) A model for long-term evolution of double WD mergers.

Shibahashi, H., Kurtz, D.W. 2012, MNRAS 422, 738. FM stars: a Fourier view of pulsating binary stars, a new technique for measuring RVs photometrically.

Singh, J., Umar, A. 2012, AJ 143, 123. Automated classification of 2165 Kepler EBs.

Smith, J.C. et al. (11 authors) 2012, PASP 124, 1000. Bayesian approach to systematic error correction.

Stepien, Gazeas, K. 2012, AcA, 62, 153-177. Evolution of low-mass contact binaries.

Stumpe, M.C. et al. (11 authors) 2012, PASP 124, 985. Algorithms for correcting errors in Kepler LCs.

Tokovinin, A. et al. (4 authors) 2012, AJ 144, 7. Adaptive optics reveals sub-arc-second companions to nearby stars showing astrometric acceleration.

Tsalmantza, P., Hogg, D.W. 2012, ApJ 753, 122. Double redshift finder. (2io*, 7c)

Tyndall, A.A. et al. (5 authors) 2012, MNRAS 422, 1804. A study of the kinematics and binary-induced shaping of the planetary nebula HaTr4.

Uemura, M. et al. (4 authors) 2012, PASJ 64, 92. Reconstruction of the structure of ADs in dwarf novae from the multi-band LCs of early superhumps.

Vanbeveren, D., Mennekens, N., De Greve, J.P. 2012, A&A 543, 4. (5h) The effect of intermediate-mass CBs on the chemical evolution of globular clusters.

van Haaften, L.M., Voss, R., Nelemans, G. 2012, A&A 543, 121. (1x, 6c) Long-term luminosity behavior of 14 ultracompact x-ray binaries.

van Rossum, D.R. 2012, ApJ 756, 43. Synthetic spectra for x-ray novae. (8c)

Wagoner, R.V. 2012, ApJ 752, L18. Is the disk the source of QPOs? (8a)

Wang, B., Han, Z. 2012, New Astron. Rev. 56, 122. Progenitors of type Ia SNe.

Wang, J., Zhang, C.M., Chang, H.-K. 2012, A&A 540, A100. Testing the accretion-induced field-decay and spin-up model for recycled PSRs.

Wang, J. et al. (5 authors) 2012, PASP 124, 598. Dispersed fixed-delay interferometer for precise RV measurements.

Wang, K.S., van der Tak, F.F.S., Hogerheijde, M.R. 2012, A&A 543, 22. (5i) Kinematics of the inner thousand AU region around the young massive star AFGL 2591-VLA3: a massive disk candidate.

Wang, Y., Khardon, R., Protopapas, P. 2012, ApJ 756, 67. Nonparametric Bayesian estimation of LC periods. (7d)

Wang, Z.-Y. et al. (4 authors) 2012, RAA 12, 661. A model of low-frequency QPOs in BH x-ray binaries.

Weinberg, N.N. et al. (4 authors) 2012, ApJ 751, 136. (8c) Nonlinear tides in CBs.

White, H.E. 2012, ApJ 752, 122. Gravity darkening and brightening of binaries . (8a)

Wilson, R.E. 2012, AJ 144, 73. Spotted-star LCs with enhanced precision.

Zhang, F. et al. (5 authors) 2012, MNRAS 421, 743. Binary interactions on the calibrations of star formation rate.

Zhang, X.B., Luo, C.O., Fu, J.N. 2012, AJ 144, 86. (1ao, 6b) Detection of new binaries in young cluster NGC 457.

Zhekov, S.A. 2012, MNRAS 422, 1332. X-rays from colliding stellar winds: the case of close WR+O binary stars.

Zhilkin, A.G., Bisikalo, D.V., Mason, P.A. 2012, ARep 56, 257. Full 3D MHD calculations of accretion flow structure in magnetic CVs with strong, complex magnetic fields. (8ad)

Zhong, S.-Y., Liu, S. 2012, Ap&SS 342, 317. (8a) Symplectic integrators with adaptive timestep applied to spinning compact binaries.

Zschoke, S. 2012, AJ 144, 77. Light deflection in binaries.

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