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TITLE PAGE

1.CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION
1.1.Binary Systems Among Stars and Galaxies.
1.2.Short Historical Sketch.

2.CHAPTER 2: THE CATALOGUE OF ISOLATED PAIRS OF GALAXIES
2.1.Problems of Recognition of Double Galaxies
2.2.The Observational Data and Their Reduction
2.3.Radial Velocities
2.4.Description of the Catalogue

3.CHAPTER 3: THE DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SELECTION EFFECTS
3.1.Modelling the Observed Distribution of Pairs
3.2.The Problem of False Pairs
3.3.The Distribution of Relative Velocities
3.4.Separations of Double Galaxies and Selection Effects
3.5.Distribution of Apparent Magnitudes
3.6.Absolute Magnitudes and Linear Diameters of Double Galaxies

4.CHAPTER 4: ORBITAL MOTION AND THE MASSES OF DOUBLE GALAXIES
4.1.Orbital Mass Estimates
4.2.Mass-to-Luminosity Ratios and Projection Factors
4.3.Relative Velocities, Separations, and the Type of Orbital Motion
4.4.Individual and Orbital Masses of Double Galaxies
4.5.Does Hidden Mass Exist in Pairs of Galaxies ?

5.CHAPTER 5: STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF DOUBLE GALAXIES
5.1.Morphological Types and Masses of Double Galaxies
5.2.Types of Interaction Between Galaxies in Pairs
5.3.Emission Properties of Double Galaxies: Pairs With Active Nuclei
5.4.Colour Indices and the Coupled Evolution of Double Galaxies
5.5.Surface Brightness of Single and Double Galaxies
5.6.Conclusions

6.CHAPTER 6: THE DISTRIBUTION OF DOUBLE SYSTEMS
6.1.The Spatial Frequency of Double Galaxies
6.2.The Spatial Distribution of Pairs
6.3.Double Systems in Groups and Clusters
6.4.Peculiar Motions of Pairs

7.CHAPTER 7: MAGNITUDE AND ORIENTATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM
PROPERTIES OF THE EVOLUTION OF DOUBLE GALAXIES
7.1.The Orbital and Internal Angular Momentum of Galaxies in Pairs
7.2.Relative Orientations of Angular Momenta
7.3.Dynamical Friction and the Evolution Rates of Double Galaxies

8.CONCLUSIONS

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