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Blue Straggler Stars in Old Open Clusters and the Kraft Break

  • Authors: Evan Linck, Robert D. Mathieu

Evan Linck and Robert D. Mathieu 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1005 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

The rotation periods of the BSSs and blue lurkers (BLs) vs. Teff. BSSs and BLs with known rotation periods are plotted with green circles and yellow diamonds, respectively. BSSs with a measured ﹩v\sin i﹩ have a maximum rotation period and are plotted with downward blue triangles. BSSs with ﹩v\sin i﹩ < 10 km s−1 have a known lower limit on their maximum rotation period and are plotted with upward red triangles. Using MIST evolutionary tracks, we mapped the Teff of main-sequence stars that are halfway through their main-sequence lifetimes to their radii at that time. We can then calculate the rotation periods of these stars for a given equatorial velocity (i.e., ﹩v\sin i﹩ at an inclination of 90°); we show these velocities as dashed lines. The radius of a star grows throughout its main-sequence lifetime, so these lines will shift lower for a star that is closer to the ZAMS and higher for a star closer to the TAMS.

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