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We used deep wide field photometric observations to derive the fraction of binary systems in a sample of five high-latitude Galactic open clusters. By analysing the color distribution of Main Sequence stars we derived the minimum fraction…

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The fraction of binary stars is an important ingredient to interpret globular cluster dynamical evolution and their stellar population. We investigate the properties of main-sequence binaries measured in a uniform photometric sample of 59…

Binary fraction and orbital characteristics provide indications on the conditions of star formation, as they shed light on the environment they were born in. Multiple systems are more common in low density environments rather than in higher…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 S. Lucatello , A. Sollima , R. Gratton , E. Vesperini , V. D'Orazi , E. Carretta , A. Bragaglia

Binary stars play a crucial role in our understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters and their stellar populations. We use Gaia Data Release 3 to homogeneously analyze 78 Galactic open clusters and the unresolved binary…

Binary stars play a major role in determining the dynamic evolution of star clusters. We used images collected with the Hubble Space Telescope to study fourteen Magellanic Clouds star clusters that span an age interval between $\sim 0.6$…

Using our recently improved Monte Carlo evolution code, we study the evolution of the binary fraction in globular clusters. In agreement with previous N-body simulations, we find generally that the hard binary fraction in the core tends to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 J. M. Fregeau , N. Ivanova , F. A. Rasio

Binary stars are predicted to have an important role in the evolution of globular clusters, so we obtained binary fractions for 35 globular clusters that were imaged in the F606W and F814W with the ACS on the Hubble Space Telescope. When…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-04 Jun Ji , Joel N. Bregman

We analyse color-magnitude diagrams of eight Globular Clusters (GCs) in the outer Galactic Halo. Images were taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Camera for Survey and the Ultraviolet and Visual Channel of the Wide Field Camera…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , L. R. Bedin , A. Dotter , H. Jerjen , D. Kim , D. Nardiello , G. Piotto , J. Cong

Characterization of the binary fractions in star clusters is of fundamental importance for many fields in astrophysics. Observations indicate that the majority of stars are found in binary systems, while most stars with masses greater than…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-02 Richard de Grijs , Chengyuan Li , Aaron M. Geller

Binary stars play a vital role in astrophysical research, as a good fraction of stars are in binaries. Binary fraction (BF) is known to change with stellar mass in the Galactic field, but such studies in clusters require binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-29 Vikrant V. Jadhav , Kaustubh Roy , Naman Joshi , Annapurni Subramaniam

The study of binary stars in the Galactic halo provides crucial insights into the dynamical history and formation processes of the Milky Way. In this work, we aim to investigate the binary fraction in a sample of accreted and in-situ halo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-14 Dolev Bashi , Vasily Belokurov , Simon Hodgkin

We used deep observations collected with ACS@HST to derive the fraction of binary systems in a sample of thirteen low-density Galactic globular clusters. By analysing the color distribution of Main Sequence stars we derived the minimum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Sollima , G. Beccari , F. R. Ferraro , F. Fusi Pecci , A. Sarajedini

In dense environments like globular clusters (GCs), dynamical interactions can disrupt or harden close binaries, nonetheless, detailed comparisons with field binary fractions remain limited. Here, we present an analysis of the close binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 Dolev Bashi , Vasily Belokurov

The basic properties of the candidate binary cluster population in the Magellanic Clouds and Galaxy are similar. The fraction of candidate binary systems is $\sim$10% and the pair separation histogram exhibits a bimodal distribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-05-28 Raúl de la Fuente Marcos , Carlos de la Fuente Marcos

The study of binary stars in different astronomical environments offers insights into the dynamical state of the hosting stellar systems. The Binary Fraction in fact plays a crucial role in the dynamical evolution of stellar system,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-18 Lidia Yalyalieva , Alexandr Chemel , Giovanni Carraro , Elena Glushkova

The population statistics of binary stars are an important output of star formation models. However populations of wide binaries evolve over time due to interactions within a system's birth environment and the unfolding of wide,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 N. R. Deacon , A. L. Kraus , .

Context: Unresolved binaries in star clusters can bias stellar and cluster mass estimates, making their proper treatment essential for studying cluster dynamics and evolution. Aims: We aim to develop a fast and robust framework for jointly…

We study the evolution of populations of binary stars within massive cluster-forming regions. We simulate the formation of young massive star clusters within giant molecular clouds with masses ranging from 2 x 10$^{4}$ to 3.2 x 10$^{5}$…

Using the Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution-9 (BASE-9) code and Gaia DR3, Pan-STARRS, and 2MASS data, we identify photometric binaries in 35 open clusters (OCs) and constrain their masses. We find a strong correlation between the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-27 Anna C. Childs , Aaron M. Geller

The binary fraction in young open clusters exceeds that of field stars, making the study of binary dynamical evolution in clusters essential for understanding the origins and evolution of field binaries. Using N-body simulations based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-13 Zepeng Zheng , Long Wang , Holger Baumgardt
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