Not-So-Simple Stellar Populations in Star Clusters

Description

This book focuses on understanding the stellar populations of massive star clusters and aims to investigate the origin, evolution and properties of binary systems, their collision products, as well as the general characteristics (e.g. ages, metal content) of stellar population(s) in star clusters. It introduces the basic background knowledge of various stellar populations in star clusters as well as their formation, interaction and evolution and offers high impact observational results on our understanding of the formation and evolution mode of star clusters. Based on these discoveries, this book proposes a series of future projects that can shed light on these topics. The research introduced in this book reveals key features of star clusters formation and by extension how all stars formed in our universe. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Stellar Evolution and Populations (Chengyuan Li)....Pages 3-18 Researches of Stellar Populations in Star Clusters (Chengyuan Li)....Pages 19-31 Front Matter ....Pages 33-33 Binary Fraction in Young Massive Star Clusters (Chengyuan Li)....Pages 35-53 The Formation and Evolution of Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Cluster (Chengyuan Li)....Pages 55-63 Multiple Stellar Populations in the Giant Branches of Galactic Globular Clusters (Chengyuan Li)....Pages 65-87 Do Intermediate-Age Star Clusters Have Extended Star Formation Histories? (Chengyuan Li)....Pages 89-105 Front Matter ....Pages 107-107 Lessons Learned from This Thesis (Chengyuan Li)....Pages 109-117 Back Matter ....Pages 119-132