Not-so-simple stellar populations in star clusters

Chengyuan Li

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Abstract

This book focuses on understanding the stellar populations of massive star clusters and aims to investigate the origin, evolution and properties of binary systems, their collision products, as well as the general characteristics (e.g. ages, metal content) of stellar population(s) in star clusters. It introduces the basic background knowledge of various stellar populations in star clusters as well as their formation, interaction and evolution and offers high impact observational results on our understanding of the formation and evolution mode of star clusters. Based on these discoveries, this book proposes a series of future projects that can shed light on these topics. The research introduced in this book reveals key features of star clusters formation and by extension how all stars formed in our universe.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer, Springer Nature
Number of pages132
ISBN (Electronic)9789811056819
ISBN (Print)9789811056802
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameSpringer theses : recognizing outstanding Ph. D. research
ISSN (Print)2190-5053
ISSN (Electronic)2190-5061

Bibliographical note

Doctoral thesis accepted by the Department of Astronomy at Peking University, Beijing, China.

Keywords

  • Étoiles
  • Astrophysics
  • Physics
  • Astronomy

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