Blue straggler stars in Galactic open clusters and the effect of field star contamination

2008/02/25 by G. Carraro, R. A. Vázquez, R. A. Vazquez +1 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Blue straggler #Field (mathematics) #Milky Way #Open cluster #Star (game theory) #Star cluster #Stars #Stellar collision #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078629

11 pages, 4 figurs, in press as Research Note in A&A

arxiv created 2008/02/25 · openalex publication_date 2008/03/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. We investigate the distribution of blue straggler stars in the field of three open star clusters.

Citations

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