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The existence of blue straggler stars, which appear younger, hotter, and more massive than their siblings, is at odds with a simple picture of stellar evolution. Such stars should have exhausted their nuclear fuel and evolved long ago to become cooling white dwarfs. They are found to exist in globular clusters, open clusters, dwarf spheroidal galaxies of the Local Group, OB associations and as field stars. This book summarises the many advances in observational and theoretical work dedicated to blue straggler stars. Carefully edited extended contributions by well-known experts in the field cover all the relevant aspects of blue straggler stars research: Observations of blue straggler stars in their various environments; Binary stars and formation channels; Dynamics of globular clusters; Interpretation of observational data and comparison with models. The book also offers an introductory chapter on stellar evolution written by the editors of the book.
Physics --- Astronomy --- Physique --- Astronomie --- Astronomy. --- Blue stragglers (Stars). --- Physics. --- Stars -- Evolution. --- Stars -- Populations. --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astronomy - General --- Astrophysics --- Blue stragglers (Stars) --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVPHYSI SPRINGER-B --- Stragglers, Blue (Stars) --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Early stars --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics
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New observations of the period between the cosmic recombination and the end of reionization are posing intriguing questions about where the first generations of stars were formed, how the first galaxies were assembled, whether these galaxies have low redshift counterparts, and what role the early galaxies played in the reionization process. Combining the new observational data with theoretical models can shed new light on open issues regarding the star formation process, its role in the reionization of the Universe, and the metal enrichment in galaxies at those early epochs. This volume brings together leading experts in the field to discuss our current level of understanding and what may come in the near future as our observational as well as theoretical tools improve. The book confronts the theory of how the first stars, black holes, and galaxies formed with current and planned observations. This synthesis is very timely, just ahead of the establishment of major new facilities, such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a next-generation, millimeter/sub-millimeter observatory in the Atacama desert (ALMA), and ground-based Extremely Large Telescopes (ELT). Together, they will revolutionize the study of the most distant objects in the Universe. This volume is aimed at beginning graduate students but can also serve as a reference work for active researchers in the field. Apart from presenting the fundamental concepts involved, it also provides an introduction to the methods and techniques used. The book will also be useful to anyone with an astrophysical background who needs an effective starting point for learning about the first stars and galaxies.
Cosmology. --- Galaxies -- Formation. --- Stars -- Formation. --- Early stars --- Stars --- Galaxies --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy - General --- Formation --- Early stars. --- Astronomy. --- Formation. --- Blue stars --- Early type stars --- High temperature stars --- Hot stars --- Birth, Stellar --- Formation, Star --- Formation, Stellar --- Stellar birth --- Stellar formation --- Formation, Galactic --- Formation of galaxies --- Galactic formation --- Galaxy formation --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Evolution --- Physical sciences --- Space sciences --- Astronomy --- Deism --- Metaphysics --- Astrophysics. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics
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