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Observations of Spin-Down in Post-Mast-Transfer Stars and the Possibility for Blue Straggler Gyrochronology
Emily Leiner, Robert Mathieu, Natalie Gosnell +1
Blue stragglers and other mass transfer/collision products are likely born with rapid rotation rates due to angular momentum transfer during mass-transfer, merger or collisional fo…
Constraints on blue straggler formation mechanisms in Galactic globular clusters from proper motion velocity distributions
N. W. C. Leigh, T. Panurach, M. Simunovic +10
For a sample of 38 Galactic globular clusters (GCs), we confront the observed distributions of blue straggler (BS) proper motions and masses (derived from isochrone fitting) from t…
The blue straggler V106 in NGC6791: A prototype progenitor of old single giants masquerading as young
K. Brogaard, S. M. Christiansen, F. Grundahl +18
We determine the properties of the binary star V106 in the old open cluster NGC6791. We identify the system to be a blue straggler cluster member by using a combination of ground-b…
The K2 M67 Study: Establishing the Limits of Stellar Rotation Period Measurements in M67 with K2 Campaign 5 Data
Rebecca Esselstein, Suzanne Aigrain, Andrew Vanderburg +4
The open cluster M67 offers the unique opportunity to measure rotation periods for solar-age stars across a range of masses, potentially filling a critical gap in the understanding…
The K2 M67 Study: A Curiously Young Star in an Eclipsing Binary in an Old Open Cluster
Eric L. Sandquist, Robert D. Mathieu, Samuel N. Quinn +16
We present an analysis of a slightly eccentric (), partially eclipsing long-period ( d) main sequence binary system (WOCS 12009, Sanders 1247) in the benchmark o…