Blue straggler stars : Formation channels
(2016) Cosmic-Lab Conference: Star Clusters as Cosmic Laboratories for Astrophysics, Dynamics and Fundamental Physics, MODEST 2016 In Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society 87(4). p.479-482- Abstract
I review formation channels for blue stragglers. I consider how they may be produced via collisions between two single main-sequence stars, or via collisions during encounters involving binary stars. Further, I discuss how blue stragglers may be produced via the evolution of isolated binaries. Observations of globular clusters suggest that both mechanisms are contributing.
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- author
- Davies, M. B. LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Stars: binaries, Stars: blue stragglers, Stellar clusters
- in
- Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society
- volume
- 87
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 4 pages
- publisher
- Italian Astronomical Society
- conference name
- Cosmic-Lab Conference: Star Clusters as Cosmic Laboratories for Astrophysics, Dynamics and Fundamental Physics, MODEST 2016
- conference location
- Bolonga, Italy
- conference dates
- 2016-04-18 - 2016-04-22
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85025144147
- ISSN
- 1824-016X
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- e6f8efef-1a49-4aa8-8f41-0dd0c7074152
- date added to LUP
- 2017-08-30 11:14:20
- date last changed
- 2024-01-14 03:48:47
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