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On the Origin of the Split Main Sequences of the Young Massive Cluster NGC 1856
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 The detection of split main sequences (MSs) associated with young clusters (≲600 Myr) has attracted a lot of attention. A prevailing scenario is that a bimodality of stellar rotation distribution drives the bifurcation of the MS. Nevertheless, the origin
Li Wang +4 more
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A Wide Metallicity Range for Gyr-old Stars in the Nuclear Star Cluster
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 We report metallicities for three ∼Gyr-old stars in the Milky Way nuclear star cluster (NSC) using high-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy. We derive effective temperatures from a calibration with Sc line strength, which yields results in good ...
B. Thorsbro +8 more
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ON THE TRIPLE ORIGIN OF BLUE STRAGGLERS [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 10 pages, 6 figures.
Perets, Hagai B., Fabrycky, Daniel C.
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Variable Blue Straggler Stars in the Open Cluster NGC 6819 Observed in the Kepler “Superstamp” Field
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 NGC 6819 is an open cluster of age 2.4 Gyr that was in the NASA Kepler spacecraft’s field of view from 2009 to 2013. The central part of the cluster was observed in a 200 × 200 pixel “superstamp” during these four years in 30 minute cadence photometry ...
Joyce A. Guzik +6 more
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Blue Straggler Bimodality: A Brownian Motion Model [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 Abstract The shape of the radial distribution of blue straggler stars (BSS), when normalized to a reference population of horizontal branch (HB) stars, has been found to be a powerful indicator of the dynamical evolution reached by a globular cluster (GC).
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SPINNING LIKE A BLUE STRAGGLER: THE POPULATION OF FAST ROTATING BLUE STRAGGLER STARS IN ω CENTAURI [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2014 By using high-resolution spectra acquired with FLAMES-GIRAFFE at the ESO/VLT, we measured radial and rotational velocities for 110 Blue Straggler stars (BSSs) in Omega Centauri, the globular cluster-like stellar system harboring the largest known BSS population. According to their radial velocities, 109 BSSs are members of the system.
MUCCIARELLI, ALESSIO +5 more
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Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Clusters: a powerful tool to probe the internal dynamical evolution of stellar systems [PDF]
, 2014 This chapter presents an overview of the main observational results obtained to date about Blue Straggler Stars (BSSs) in Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs).
A. Dotter +80 more
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Field population II blue stragglers
The Astrophysical Journal, 1981 Photometry and high-resolution spectra are presented and discussed of metal-poor stars hotter than the turn-off of globular clusters. Very few nonvariable candidates for blue stragglers can be identified One, HD 100363, is probably an old-disk short-period variable.
B. W. Carney, R. C. Peterson
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 We report the discovery of extremely low mass white dwarfs (ELM WDs) as a companion of blue straggler stars (BSSs) in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 362 using images from AstroSat's Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT). Spectral energy distributions (
Arvind K. Dattatrey +6 more
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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 +68 more
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