Evolution of the remnants of stellar collisions

E. Glebbeek

Evolution of the remnants of stellar collisions

E. Glebbeek

Dept of Physics

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Abstract

Collisions between stars occur naturally in star clusters. The outcome of such collisions is a new single star that may have peculiar properties that affect its subsequent evolution. For low mass stars, such merger events are a possible formation channel for blue straggler stars, stars more massive than expected for a starcluster of a given age. For high mass stars, such a merger can result in the production of blue supergiants. If circumstances are right, repeated collisions between stars may produce very massive stars (with a mass of 100-1000 solar masses).

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	Utrecht University
Supervisors/Advisors	Verbunt, Frank, Primary supervisor Pols, O.R., Co-supervisor Portegies Zwart, S.F., Co-supervisor, External person
Award date	25 Jun 2008
Place of Publication	Utrecht
Publisher	Utrecht University
Print ISBNs	978-90-393-4832-1
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2008

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