Binaries, cluster dynamics and population studies of stars and stellar phenomena
arXiv:astro-ph/0411230 · doi:10.1063/1.2130266
Abstract
The effects of binaries on population studies of stars and stellar phenomena have been investigated over the past 3 decades by many research groups. Here we will focus mainly on the work that has been done recently in Brussels and we will consider the following topics: the effect of binaries on overall galactic chemical evolutionary models and on the rates of different types of supernova, the population of point-like X-ray sources where we distinguish the standard high mass X-ray binaries and the ULXs, a UFO-scenario for the formation of WR+OB binaries in dense star systems. Finally we critically discuss the possible effect of rotation on population studies.
arXiv comment8 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of Interacting Binaries: Accretion, Evolution and Outcomes, eds. Antonelli et al