I review formation channels for blue stragglers. I consider how they may be produced via collisions between two single main-sequence stars, or via collisions during encounters involving binary stars. Further, I discuss how blue stragglers may be produced via the evolution of isolated binaries. Observations of globular clusters suggest that both mechanisms are contributing.
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Davies, M. B. (2016). Blue straggler stars: Formation channels. In Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society (Vol. 87, pp. 479–482). Societa Astronomica Italiana.
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