Contents

• Contents
• Abstract
• Committee, Dedication, and Quotation
• Acknowledgements
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Chapter Sections
  • Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
    • Binary Stars
    • Roche Model
    • Algol-Type Binary Systems
  • Chapter 2: HISTORY OF KU CYGNI
  • Chapter 3: SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS
    • Data Description
    • Preliminary Analysis of Spectra
    • Trailed Spectrogram of KU Cygni
  • Chapter 4: RESTRICTED THREE-BODY PROBLEM
    • Zero-Velocity Curves
    • Gravitational Equipotential Surfaces
    • Mass-Transfer Stream Trajectories
      • Trajectory Computations
      • The r-q Diagram
  • Chapter 5: DOPPLER TOMOGRAPHY OF KU CYGNI
    • Interpretation of a Doppler Map
    • Fourier Filtered Back Projection (FFBP) Techniques
    • Construction of Doppler Tomogram for KU Cygni
  • Chapter 6: RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS
    • Doppler Tomogram Analysis
    • Future Work
• References
• Appendix: FOURIER-FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION CODE
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