@inproceedings{dfc323cb861d43f79ba71b2ec040a68a,
title = "Blue stragglers in star clusters and the conventional SSP models",
abstract = "The presence of blue straggler stars (BSs) as secure members of star clusters poses a major challenge to the conventional picture of simple stellar population (SSP) models. The models are based on the stellar evolution theory of single stars, while the major formation mechanisms of BSs are all correlated with stellar interactions. Based on a sufficient working sample including 100 Galactic open clusters, one Galactic globular cluster, and seven Magellanic Cloud star clusters, we discuss the modifications of the properties of broad-band colors and Lick indices of the standard SSP models due to BS populations.",
keywords = "blue stragglers, galaxies: star clusters",
author = "Yu Xin and {de Grijs}, Richard and Licai Deng and Pavel Kroupa",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1017/S1743921309992079",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780521764995",
series = "IAU Symposium Proceedings Series",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press (CUP)",
number = "266",
pages = "556--556",
editor = "{De Grijs}, Richard and L{\'e}pine, {Jacques R. D.}",
booktitle = "Star clusters : basic galactic building blocks throughout time and space",
address = "United Kingdom",
note = "266th Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union ; Conference date: 10-08-2009 Through 14-08-2009",
}