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Binary Stars in Young Clusters –a Theoretical Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Pavel Kroupa
Pavel Kroupa*
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik der Universität Kiel Olshausenstraße 40, D-24118 Kiel, Germany

Abstract

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The preponderance of binary systems in all known stellar populations makes them exciting dynamical agents for research on topics as varied as star formation, star-cluster dynamics and the interiors of young and old stars. Today we know that the Galactic-field binary population is probably a dynamically evolved version of the Taurus–Auriga pre-main sequence population, and that the initial distributions of binary-star orbital elements are probably universal. Furthermore, N-body calculations tentatively suggest that OB stars form in energetic binaries near cluster cores, and that binaries with ‘forbidden’ orbital elements that are produced in stellar encounters, may turn out to be very useful windows into stellar interiors, potentially allowing tests of pre-main sequence evolution theory as well as of models of main-sequence stars.

Type
VI. Binary Populations in Young Clusters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 200: The Formation of Binary Stars , 2001 , pp. 199 - 209
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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