In clusters there are both primordial binary stars and binaries created by dynamical interactions. Occasionally, a new binary system can be formed (Fabian, Pringle & Rees 1975) but more often new systems are the result of exchanges. In Chap. 12 Hurley describes an algorithm for including the interaction of the components of a binary star in N-body simulations. In this chapter we investigate the underlying physics and note that, though we have a good qualitative idea of what goes on, there is still much to be determined fully quantitatively.
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Tout, C.A. (2008). Binary Stars. In: Aarseth, S.J., Tout, C.A., Mardling, R.A. (eds) The Cambridge N-Body Lectures. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 760. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8431-7_11
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