A binary origin for ‘blue stragglers’ in globular clusters
A binary origin for ‘blue stragglers’ in globular clusters
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The origin of blue stragglers
Theoretically the abnormally blue and massive stars known as blue stragglers should have evolved off the main stellar sequence and died long ago. But they are still to be found in globular clusters. Two scenarios to account for their presence have been suggested — direct stellar collisions or binary evolution. A new...
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A binary origin for ‘blue stragglers’ in globular clusters
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_66827390
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_66827390
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0028-0836
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1476-4687,1476-4679
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10.1038/nature07635
