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The Blue Straggler F190: A Case for Mass Transfer [PDF]

Symposium - International Astronomical Union, 1992
The blue straggler F190 is a member of the old open cluster M67. We argue that F190 may still be in the final stages of the mass transfer that has made it into a blue straggler. We use the turnoff mass of the cluster and the mass function derived from the spectroscopic orbit for F190 to constrain the masses of each member of the binary, both before ...
Alejandra A. E. Milone, David W. Latham
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Blue Stragglers in Globular Clusters: Observations, Statistics and Physics

, 2014
This chapter explores how we might use the observed {\em statistics} of blue stragglers in globular clusters to shed light on their formation.
Knigge, Christian
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On the Evidence of Disks around Blue Straggler Stars [PDF]

The Astrophysical Journal, 2005
Recent observations of blue stragglers by De Marco et al. (2004) have revealed continuum deficits on the blue side of the Balmer discontinuity, leading these authors to infer the presence of discs around the stars. This intriguing possibility may throw light on aspects of the mechanisms responsible for at least some of these objects; current theories ...
Porter, John M., Townsend, R. H. D.
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An Analytic Model for Blue Straggler Formation in Globular Clusters

, 2011
We present an analytic model for blue straggler formation in globular clusters. We assume that blue stragglers are formed only through stellar collisions and binary star evolution, and compare our predictions to observed blue straggler numbers taken from
Alison Sills, Anderson, Andrievsky, Bacon, Binney, Christian Knigge, Cool, Davies, Davis, De Angeli, Dervisoglu, Djorgovski, Ferraro, Ferraro, Ferraro, Fregeau, Fregeau, Geller, Gieles, Glebbeek, Guhathakurta, Harris, Heggie, Hurley, Hurley, Hut, Iben, Ivanova, King, Knigge, Lanzoni, Latham, Leigh, Leigh, Leigh, Leigh, Leigh, Leonard, Leonard, Leonard, Li, Lombardi, Mapelli, Mapelli, Mathieu, McCrea, McLaughlin, McMillan, Milone, Nathan Leigh, Perets, Piotto, Rubenstein, Sandage, Sandquist, Sarajedini, Saviane, Shara, Shara, Sigurdsson, Sills, Sills, Sollima, Sollima, Spitzer, Spitzer, Stryker, van den, Webbink   +68 more
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The blue stragglers of Omega Centauri

The Astrophysical Journal, 1986
On a obtenu les spectres 3500-5000 A (resolution 3,6 A) de six candidats. Ils ne presentent aucune caracteristique inhabituelle. les vitesses radiales montrent que ces six vagabondes bleues appartiennent a l'amas.
G. S. Da Costa, J. Norris, J. V. Villumsen   +2 more
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The Blue Stragglers of the Old Open Cluster NGC 188

, 2014
The old (7 Gyr) open cluster NGC 188 has yielded a wealth of astrophysical insight into its rich blue straggler population. Specifically, the NGC 188 blue stragglers are characterized by: A binary frequency of 80% for orbital periods less than $10^4 ...
A. A. Bonačić Marinović, A. A. Tokovinin, A. M. Geller, A. M. Geller, A. M. Geller, A. M. Geller, A. M. Geller, A. R. Sandage, A. Sarajedini, A. Sills, A. Sills, B. Paczyński, B. Paxton, B. W. Carney, B. W. Carney, C. A. Nelson, C.-P. Lajoie, D. Raghavan, D. W. Latham, E. Glebbeek, E. L. Sandquist, G. Mathys, H. B. Perets, H. B. Perets, H. L. Johnson, I. Platais, J. Ahumada, J. Ahumada, J. G. Hills, J. R. Hurley, J. R. Hurley, J. R. Hurley, J.-C. Passy, J.F. Sepinsky, K. Belczynski, M. Berg van den, M. S. Hjellming, M. W. McCrea, N. Leigh, N. M. Gosnell, N. Soker, P. Bergeron, P. Gondoin, P. J. T. Leonard, P. Kroupa, P. Marigo, P. P. Eggleton, R. A. Mardling, R. D. Mathieu, R. D. Mathieu, R. Kippenhahn, R.F. Webbink, S. J. Aarseth, S. Meibom, T. E. Woods, T. Mazeh, V. P. Goranskij, W. Landsman, X. Chen, X. Chen   +59 more
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Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Oldest Star Clusters in the LMC [PDF]

, 1999
We present V, V-I color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for three old star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC): NGC 1466, NGC 2257 and Hodge 11. Our data extend about 3 magnitudes below the main-sequence turnoff, allowing us to determine accurate ...
Andersen J., Bower R., Brocato E., Buonanno R., Chaboyer B., Feast M. W., Fernley J., Frenk C. S., Goodwin S. P., James E. Hesser, Jennifer A. Johnson, Michael Bolte, Mighell K. J., Peter B. Stetson, Pont F., Rachel S. Somerville, Stetson P. B., Testa V.   +17 more
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Formation Channels for Blue Straggler Stars

, 2014
In this chapter we consider two formation channels for blue straggler stars: 1) the merger of two single stars via a collision, and 2) those produced via mass transfer within a binary.
Davies, Melvyn B.
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Stellar Populations and Variable Stars in the Core of the Globular Cluster M5 [PDF]

, 1997
We report the discovery of a variable blue straggler in the core of the globular cluster M5, based on a 12-hour long series of images obtained with the Planetary Camera aboard the Hubble Space Telescope.
Buonanno R., Kadla Z. I., Kravtsov V. V., Laurent Drissen, Michael M. Shara, Reid N., Yan L.   +6 more
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Young blue straggler stars in the Galactic field [PDF]

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018
In this study we present an analysis of a sample of field blue straggler (BS) stars that show high ultra violet emission in their spectral energy distributions (SED): indication of a hot white dwarf (WD) companion to BS. Using photometry available in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX ) surveys we identified 80 ...
Ekanayake, Gemunu, Wilhelm, Ronald
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