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EnglishThis chapter presents an overview of the main observational results obtained to date about Blue Straggler Stars (BSSs) in Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs). The BSS specific frequency, radial distribution, chemical composition and rotational properties are presented and discussed in the framework of using this stellar population as probe of GC internal dynamics. In particular, the shape of the BSS radial distribution has been found to be a powerful tracer of the dynamical age of stellar systems, thus allowing the definition of the first empirical "dynamical clock".
| Titolo: | Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Clusters: A Powerful Tool to Probe the Internal Dynamical Evolution of Stellar Systems |
| Autore/i: | FERRARO, FRANCESCO ROSARIO; LANZONI, BARBARA; DALESSANDRO, EMANUELE; MUCCIARELLI, ALESSIO; LOVISI, LOREDANA |
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| Anno: | 2015 |
| Titolo del libro: | Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars. |
| Pagina iniziale: | 99 |
| Pagina finale: | 127 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44434-4_5 |
| Abstract: | This chapter presents an overview of the main observational results obtained to date about Blue Straggler Stars (BSSs) in Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs). The BSS specific frequency, radial distribution, chemical composition and rotational properties are presented and discussed in the framework of using this stellar population as probe of GC internal dynamics. In particular, the shape of the BSS radial distribution has been found to be a powerful tracer of the dynamical age of stellar systems, thus allowing the definition of the first empirical "dynamical clock". |
| Data stato definitivo: | 18-mag-2017 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.01 Capitolo / saggio in libro |
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