The great progress made during the last years in the field of close binary systems, and especially in the eclipsing binaries, is presented and discussed. The development of software for analyzing the huge amount of observational data sets, from both ground‐based and space surveys, is presented. The latest achieved interesting results are mentioned, too.

Topics
Eclipsing binaries, Close binaries
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© 2007 American Institute of Physics.
2007
American Institute of Physics
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