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Résumé :
This volume consists of sixty-two papers contributed by one hundred and twenty authors/co-authors working in the field of stellar research. The conference was the fifth of the Pacific Rim Stellar Conference series and was the second time that Hong Kong hosted the series. These conferences started in 1985, concentrating on binary star research. Over the years, the series has grown wider in scope. During this conference, three topics were covered: binary stars, compact stars, and solar-type stars. Though a `Pacific Rim' conference, many of the ninety participants were from far regions of the world. The contributions to this proceeding are categorized according to the expertise of the participants into the following six groups: solar/stellar evolution and observational constraints, physics of compact stars and pulsars, observational constraints, physics of binary stars, binary stars with an accretion disk, and observations and theory of high-energy phenomena. The volume contains many updated reviews in these research areas and is a very useful reference for graduate students and researchers.

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Preface. Section I: Stellar (Solar) Evolution and Observational Constrains. The dynamo effect in stars; A. Brandenburg. Differential rotation, meridional flow and a high-prandtl number solar/stellar dynamo; G. Ruediger. Generation of the angular velocity shear near the solar surface; K.L. Chan. 2D numerical simulation of stellar convection - An overview; M. Steffen. The atmospheric dynamics in 2D and 3D simulations of stellar surface convection; H.-G. Ludwig, A. Nordlund. Rotating Turbulent compressible convection in a shell; F.J. Robinson. Nuclear Astrophysics with radioactive beams; S.S.M. Wong. Section II: Physics of Compact Stars and Pulsars. Pulsars at Parkes; R.N. Manchester. Spark model for drifting subpulses in pulsars; J.A. Gil, M. Sendyk. The observation of pulsars at Urumqi Astronomical Observatory; X. Wu, et al. Thermal X-ray pulses Resulting from Pulsar glitches; A.P.S. Tang, K.S. Cheng. Starquake-induced glitches in pulsars; R.I. Epstein, B. Link. Thermal evolution of neutron stars; S. Tsuruta. Probing the neutron star interior with glitches; B. Link, et al. Physics of neutron star kicks; D. Lai. Collapsing strange quark matter in Vaidya geometry-a possible source of gamma ray bursts; T. Harko, K.S. Cheng. Conversion of neutron stars into strange stars; K.W. Ng. Do strange stars exist in the universe?; I. Bombaci. Oscillations of Quark stars; C.W. Yip, et al. A new indicator for the spectral states and state transitions in Cygnus 1; L. Wen, et al. Section III: Binary Stars I: Observation Technique and Modeling. Does rotation alone determine whether an A-type star's spectrum is abnormal or normal? H.A. Abts, D.W. Willmarth. The distributionof separations of binaries; A. Poveda, et al. Coronal activity of near-contact binaries; J.S. Shaw, E. Smith. ISO-sws studies of Wolf-Rayet stars: Neon abundances; K.A. van der Hucht, et al. Short time scale variation of a near-contact binary system, GR Tauri; B. Soonthornthum, et al. General relativistic hydrodynamic equation in multiple system; C. Xu, et al. Session IV: Binary Star with Accretion Disk. Explanation of the O'Connell effect of a close binary; Q. Liu, Y. Yang. Effects of the Blandford-Znajek process on evolution of radial structure of black hole accretion disks; D.-X. Wang. Theory of accretion disks and applications in Astrophysics; L. Yang, et al. A cellular automaton model for the power law noise of an accretion disc; H.F. Chau, W.S. Tang. X-ray spectral variations of X-ray nova XTE J1550-564 during the rising phase of the 1998 outburst; X. Wu, et al. A new parameter in accretion disk model; F. Yuan. Photometric Project for Zero-age Contact and Near Contact Binary Systems; K.C. Leung. Balmer decrement and the structure of Be-star envelopes; T. Kogure. Symbiotic stars with highly resolved emission line profiles; S. Tamura, Y. Ikeda. Session V: High Energy Phenomena I: Observations. Long-term X-ray variability in X-ray binaries: RXTE/ASM and BATSE data; A.K.H. Kong, P.A. Charles. X-rays from millisecond pulsars; W. Becker. Long-term variability properties and periodicity analysis for blazars; J. Fan. Session VI: High Energy Phenomena II: Theories. The optical, X-ray and gamma-ray light curves and spectra of PSRB0540-69 and PSR B1509-58; K.S. Cheng, L. Zhang. Analytical studies on the structure and emission of the SS 433 jets; N. Shib