Blue Stragglers as Tracers of Globular Cluster Evolution
arXiv:astro-ph/9303003
Abstract
Blue stragglers are natural phenomena in star clusters. They originate through mass transfer in isolated binaries, as well as through encounters between two or more stars, in a complex interplay between stellar dynamics and stellar evolution. While this interplay cannot be modeled quantitatively at present, we will be able to do so in one or two years time. With this prospect, the present paper is written largely as a preview.
LaTeX file, 22 pages, Institute for Advanced Study number 93/11