The binary second sequence in cluster colour-magnitude diagrams
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The Binary Second Sequence in Cluster Colour–Magnitude Diagrams
We show how the second sequence seen lying above the main sequence in cluster colour magnitude diagrams results from binaries with a large range of mass ratios and not just from those with equal masses. We conclude that the presence of a densely populated second sequence, with only sparse filling in between it and the single star main sequence, does not necessarily imply that binary mass ratios...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01981.x