{"title":"An Analysis of Blue Straggler Stars in Open Clusters","authors":"Andrew Harvey, Yuvraj Sahu, Elijah Flores","doi":"10.3847/2515-5172/ad686e","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The presence of blue straggler stars (BSSs) in open clusters (OCs) presents an opportunity to study star formation and cluster dynamics. Our paper analyzes several properties of BSSs across 161 OCs of different ages, metallicities, and sizes. Specifically, we examine the impact of cluster age and metallicity on the number of BSSs as well as the spatial distribution of BSSs within each cluster. We report a positive correlation between the age of the cluster and the number of BSSs present. This investigation into BSSs provides valuable insights into their formation as well as the dynamics and interactions within open clusters.","PeriodicalId":74684,"journal":{"name":"Research notes of the AAS","volume":"177 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Research notes of the AAS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ad686e","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The presence of blue straggler stars (BSSs) in open clusters (OCs) presents an opportunity to study star formation and cluster dynamics. Our paper analyzes several properties of BSSs across 161 OCs of different ages, metallicities, and sizes. Specifically, we examine the impact of cluster age and metallicity on the number of BSSs as well as the spatial distribution of BSSs within each cluster. We report a positive correlation between the age of the cluster and the number of BSSs present. This investigation into BSSs provides valuable insights into their formation as well as the dynamics and interactions within open clusters.
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