5 papers
Examining the stellar-merger origin of the blue main sequence in the open cluster NGC\,3532 with N-body simulations
Khushboo K. Rao, Sambaran Banerjee
Extended main-sequence turnoffs, extended main sequences, and split main sequences observed in the colour-magnitude diagrams of young and intermediate-age star clusters are now wid…
Investigating Extended Main-Sequence Turnoffs in Galactic Open Clusters
Khushboo K Rao, Wen-Ping Chen
The extended main sequence (eMS) and extended main sequence turnoff (eMSTO) phenomena have been observed in some young and intermediate-age star clusters in the Milky Way and in th…
A rotation-based census of blue lurker candidates in open clusters
Vikrant V. Jadhav, Khushboo K. Rao, Elisabetta Reggiani
Blue lurkers (BLs) are rejuvenated main-sequence stars hidden among normal main-sequence stars on color-magnitude diagrams of star clusters. In comparison, the blue straggler stars…
The Secret Lives of Open Clusters: a Multiwavelength Examination of Three Open Clusters
Kristen C. Dage, Emily L. Hunt, Jasmine Anderson-Baldwin +11
Star clusters are well known for their dynamical interactions, an outcome of their high stellar densities; in this paper we use multiwavelength observations to search for the uniqu…
Investigating Unusually Extended Main Sequence Turnoff of the Galactic Open Cluster NGC 3532
Khushboo K Rao, Wen-Ping Chen
Extended main-sequence turnoffs are observed in the color-magnitude diagrams of some young and intermediate-age star clusters. Here we report the case study of NGC 3532. Among the…