The Maxwell's demon of star clusters
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🌌 astro-ph.SR
astro-ph.GAastro-ph.HE
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binariesstarblackclustersstellarblueclustercollapse
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Stellar binaries are the most important energy reservoir of star clusters. Via three-body encounters, binaries can reverse the core collapse and prevent a star cluster from reaching equipartition. Moreover, binaries are essential for the formation of stellar exotica, such as blue straggler stars, intermediate-mass black holes and massive ($\gtrsim{}30$ M$_\odot$) black hole binaries.
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