Binary stars in young clusters: models v
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Pavel Kroupa; Monika G. Petr; Mark J. McCaughrean
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The frequency of low-mass pre-main sequence binary systems is significantly lower in the Trapezium Cluster than in Taurus-Auriga. We investigate if this difference can be explained through stellar encounters in dense clusters. To this effect, a range of possible models of the well observed Trapezium