http://arxiv.org/abs/1807.07944
Stellar binaries are the most important energy reservoir of star clusters. Via three-body encounters, binaries can reverse the core collapse and prevent a star cluster from reaching equipartition. Moreover, binaries are essential for the formation of stellar exotica, such as blue straggler stars, intermediate-mass black holes and massive ($\gtrsim{}30$ M$_\odot$) black hole binaries.
M. Mapelli
Mon, 23 Jul 18
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Comments: 17 pages, 8 figures, Submitted Manuscript Under Review: To appear in The Impact of Binaries on Stellar Evolution, Beccari G. & Boffin H.M.J. (Eds.).\copyright\ 2018 Cambridge University Press
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