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Star Clusters as Exotic Star Factories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Jarrod R. Hurley ,
Michael M. Shara  and
Christopher A. Tout
Jarrod R. Hurley
Affiliation:
American Museum of Natural History, Department of Astrophysics, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
Michael M. Shara
Affiliation:
American Museum of Natural History, Department of Astrophysics, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
Christopher A. Tout
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK

Abstract

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In light of recent N-body simulations performed using the GRAPE-6 special-purpose hardware we discuss the role of the star cluster environment in producing unusual stellar populations and the possibility that stars labelled exotic in the solar neighbourhood may be commonplace within star clusters.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 187: Exotic Stars as Challenges to Evolution , 2002 , pp. 115 - 120
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002

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