Stellar mergers as the origin of the blue main-sequence band in young star clusters
Stellar mergers as the origin of the blue main-sequence band in young star clusters
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Recent high-quality Hubble Space Telescope photometry shows that the main-sequence stars of young star clusters form two discrete components in the colour–magnitude diagram. On the basis of their distribution in the colour–magnitude diagram, we show that stars of the blue main-sequence component can be understood as slow rotators originating from s...
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Stellar mergers as the origin of the blue main-sequence band in young star clusters
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2653412820
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2653412820
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2397-3366
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2397-3366
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10.1038/s41550-021-01597-5
