International Astronomical Union
Commission 42



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CLOSE BINARIES


No. 77


Editor-in-Chief:
C.D. Scarfe


Editors:
H. Drechsel
D.R. Faulkner
V.G. Karetnikov
E. Lapasset
C. Maceroni
Y. Nakamura
P.G. Niarchos
R.G. Samec
W. Van Hamme
M. Wolf


Material published by September 15, 2003

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
   g.	$\gamma$-ray data
   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