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Blue straggler stars in Globular Clusters: chemical and kinematical properties

2013/01/15 by L. Lovisi, Loredana Lovisi, A. Mucciarelli +12
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1301.3295

4 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the conference proceedings "Reading the book of globular clusters with the lens of stellar evolution", Mem. S. A. It. Eds. P. Ventura, C. Charbonnel, M. Castellani and M. Di Criscienzo

arxiv created 2013/01/15 · openalex publication_date 2013/01/15 · arxiv updated 2013/01/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Blue Straggler stars are present in all the properly observed Globular Clusters. They mimic a rejuvenated stellar population and their existence has been a puzzle for many years. We performed an extensive spectroscopic survey of the surface abundances and the rotational velocities of Blue Straggler stars in different Globular Clusters, by using the high-resolution spectrograph FLAMES@VLT in the UVES+GIRAFFE combined mode. In this contribution we show our main results obtained for M4, ω Centauri and M30.

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