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Pairing mechanisms for binary stars
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, A. G. A. Brown, S. P. Goodwin +2
Knowledge of the binary population in stellar groupings provides important information about the outcome of the star forming process in different environments. Binarity is also a k…
Exploring the consequences of pairing algorithms for binary stars
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, A. G. A. Brown, S. P. Goodwin +2
Knowledge of the binary population in stellar groupings provides important information about the outcome of the star forming process in different environments (see, e.g., Blaauw 19…
What do dynamical cluster masses really tell us about dynamics?
Richard de Grijs, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, Simon P. Goodwin
The diagnostic age versus mass-to-light ratio diagram is often used in attempts to constrain the shape of the stellar initial mass function, and the stability and the potential lon…
Probing the Early Evolution of Young High-Mass Stars
E. Puga, A. Bik, L. B. M. F. Waters +22
Near-infrared imaging surveys of high-mass star-forming regions reveal an amazingly complex interplay between star formation and the environment (Churchwell et al. 2006; Alvarez et…
Open cluster stability and the effects of binary stars
R. de Grijs, S. P. Goodwin, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven +1
The diagnostic age versus mass-to-light ratio diagram is often used in attempts to constrain the shape of the stellar initial mass function (IMF), and the potential longevity of ex…
How do binaries affect the derived dynamical mass of a star cluster?
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, R. de Grijs
The dynamical mass of a star cluster can be derived from the virial theorem, using the measured half-mass radius and line-of-sight velocity dispersion of the cluster. However, this…
The effect of binaries on the dynamical mass determination of star clusters
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, R. de Grijs
The total mass of distant star clusters is often derived from the virial theorem, using line-of-sight velocity dispersion measurements and half-light radii. Although most stars for…
Binaries and the dynamical mass of star clusters
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, R. de Grijs
The total mass of a distant star cluster is often derived from the virial theorem, using line-of-sight velocity dispersion measurements and half-light radii, under the implicit ass…
The primordial binary population II: Recovering the binary population for intermediate mass stars in Sco OB2
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, A. G. A. Brown, S. F. Portegies Zwart +1
We characterize the binary population in the young and nearby OB association Scorpius OB2 using available observations of visual, spectroscopic, and astrometric binaries with inter…
A brown dwarf desert for intermediate mass stars in Sco OB2?
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, A. G. A. Brown, L. Kaper
We present JHK observations of 22 intermediate-mass stars in Sco OB2, obtained with VLT/NACO. The survey was performed to determine the status of (sub)stellar candidate companions…
The primordial binary population in the association Sco OB2
M. B. N. Kouwenhoven
Observations over the last decade have indicated that a large fraction of the stars are part of a binary or multiple system. For our understanding of star formation it is therefore…