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The Scenario Machine: Binary Star Population Synthesis

• Introduction
• Observational Zoo of Binaries with Compact Stars
• Evolutionary Scenarios of Binary Systems
• Principal Evolutionary States of Normal Stars
• Main-sequence stars (stage I)
• Post main sequence stars (stage II)
• Roche lobe overflow (stage III)
• Wolf-Rayet and He stars (stage IV)
• Stellar Winds From Normal Stars
• Change of Binary Parameters: Mass, Semi-major Axis and
  Eccentricity
• Mass change
• Semi-major axis change
• Special Cases: Supernova Explosion and the Common Envelope
• ``Ecology'' of Magnetic Rotators
• A Gravimagnetic Rotator
• The Environment of the Rotator
• The Stopping Radius
• The Stopping Radius in the Supercritical Case
• Effect of the Magnetic Field
• The Corotation Radius
• Nomenclature
• A Universal Diagram for Gravimagnetic Rotators
• The Gravimagnetic Parameter
• Evolution of Magnetic Rotators
• The evolution equation
• The equilibrium period
• Evolutionary Tracks
• Evolution of Magnetic Rotators in Non-circular Orbits
• Mixing types of E-P-A binary systems with non-zero orbital
  eccentricity
• Ejector-propeller hysteresis
• E-P transitions for different orbits
• The Scenario Machine: Operational Guide
• Notes on Monte-Carlo Simulations
• Dependence on the Scenario Parameters and Initial Distributions
• How to Catch ``Rare'' Tracks
• Principles of Scenario Machine Operation
• Calculation of Evolutionary Tracks
• Initial Distributions of Binary Parameters
• Star Formation Rate and Normalization of Stellar Populations
• Restrictions on the Scenario Parameters
• Basic Observational Data for Determination of f(q) and
• The COOC Criterion (Criterion of Observations versus
  Calculations)
• Test of the Initial Mass-Ratio Distribution
• Phenomenological Kick Velocity
• The Effect of Kick Velocity on Binary Pulsar Populations
• Binary Pulsar Diversity and High Neutron Star Birth Velocity
• X-ray Galactic Sources and Binary Radiopulsars as Probes of the Initial Mass Ratio f(q) and Kick Velocity w
• Artificial Galaxy: Full Matrix of Stages
• Massive X-ray Binaries
• Ejectors in Massive Binary Systems
• The Evolutionary Status of Radiopulsars in Massive Binary
  Systems
• The Number of Ejectors in Binaries
• Why do Radiopulsars not Usually Form Pairs with Normal Stars?
• Caverns in Binary Systems
• The Effect of Relativistic Wind on Accretion Flow Parameters
• The Radiopulsar PSRB1259-63 - a Probe in the Stellar Wind Plasma
• Why must a radiopulsar coupled with an optical star have high
  eccentricity?
• The ``Reflection'' Effect
• Other Candidates for Ejecting Stars in Binary Systems
• Cyg X-3
• Periodic radiosource LSI+61 303
• Black Holes in Binaries
• Black Hole Creation in Massive Binary Systems
• Binary Radiopulsars with Black Holes
• Cyg X-1 as a Progenitor of BH+PSR Binaries
• PSR B0042-73 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
• X-ray Luminosity Evolution
• Cosmic Rays and Evolution of Binary
  Systems
• Supernova Explosions
• Radiopulsars as Sources of Cosmic Rays
• Population Synthesis of X-ray Sources at the Galactic Center
• The Model
• Results
• Discussion and Conclusions
• Sky in Gravitational Waves
• Gravitational Wave Sky: An Overview
• Model of the Galaxy
• Frequency distribution of galactic binaries
• Structure of the Galaxy
• Transparency of the Stochastic Background
• Galactic Gravitational Wave Background
• Extragalactic Gravitational Wave Background
• Gravitational Wave Background from Individual Galaxies
• Critical Frequencies and Gravitational Wave Detector Halfwidth for Extragalactic Observations
• Amplitude Distribution
• A Gravitational Wave Map of Nearby Galaxies
• Gravitational waves from supernova explosions
• Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Compact Binary Stars
• Gravitational wave background from nearby galaxies
• Evolution of Supernova Explosion Rates in the Universe
• The Supernovae Rates
• - Dependence for the Supernova Explosions
• - for Supernova Explosions
• Results and Discussion
• Evolution of the Double Neutron Star
  Merging Rate andthe Cosmological Origin of Gamma-ray Burst Sources
• Calculation of Binary Neutron Star Coalescence Rates
• Effect of sources evolution on - distribution and
  -test
• Conclusions
• Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects
• References
• Index
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