Field Blue Stragglers and Related Mass Transfer Issues
Abstract
I view field blue stragglers (FBS) through the prism of an aging observer. This chapter contains my impressions and perspectives about the current state of knowledge about FBSSs, drawn from an extensive literature that I searched with the aid of the NASA Astrophysics Data System, and Google. The search prior to 2000 is spotty and I make no claim of completeness. In documenting various topics I tried to use references that acknowledge important earlier investigations.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science Library
- Pub Date:
- 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1007/978-3-662-44434-4_4
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1406.3468
- Bibcode:
- 2015ASSL..413...65P
- Keywords:
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- Physics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Chapter 4, in Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars, H.M.J. Boffin, G. Carraro &