The Maxwell's demon of star clusters
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2018-07-23 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
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 ( M) black hole binaries.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1807.07944,
title = {The Maxwell's demon of star clusters},
author = {Michela Mapelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.07944},
year = {2018}
}
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