ENGLISH

Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars

By Henri M. J. Boffin , Giovanni Carraro , Giacomo Beccari (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2015
ISBN
978-3-662-44433-7, 978-3-662-44434-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-44434-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12309314 bytes)
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library 413
Edition
1
Pages
349\364
Time added
2015-02-17 02:00:00
AstronomyAstrophysics and Cosmology

Description

The existence of blue straggler stars, which appear younger, hotter, and more massive than their siblings, is at odds with a simple picture of stellar evolution. Such stars should have exhausted their nuclear fuel and evolved long ago to become cooling white dwarfs. They are found to exist in globular clusters, open clusters, dwarf spheroidal galaxies of the Local Group, OB associations and as field stars. This book summarises the many advances in observational and theoretical work dedicated to blue straggler stars. Carefully edited extended contributions by well-known experts in the field cover all the relevant aspects of blue straggler stars research: Observations of blue straggler stars in their various environments; Binary stars and formation channels; Dynamics of globular clusters; Interpretation of observational data and comparison with models. The book also offers an introductory chapter on stellar evolution written by the editors of the book.

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