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Supervisor's Foreword; Preface; Scope; Content; Audience; Acknowledgements; Contents; Acronyms; Part I Star Formation, Evolution and Stellar Populations in Star Clusters; 1 Stellar Evolution and Populations; 1.1 The Early History of Researches on Star Clusters; 1.2 A Simple Introduction on Stellar Evolution; 1.2.1 The Main Sequence; 1.2.2 The Turn-Off and Sub-giant Stage; 1.2.3 The Red-Giant Stage; 1.2.4 Stellar Age Versus Its Initial Mass; 1.3 Simple Stellar Populations; 1.3.1 Describing the Simple Stellar Population; 1.4 Not-So-Simple Stellar Populations: Multiple Stellar Populations
1.4.1 Describing the Multiple Stellar Populations2 Researches of Stellar Populations in Star Clusters; 2.1 Stellar Populations: We Think We Know Until Everything Change; 2.1.1 Why Most Clusters Should be Simple Stellar Populations?; 2.1.2 Complicated Stellar Populations in Star Clusters; 2.2 Proposed Scenarios; 2.2.1 The Extended Main Sequence Turn-Off Regions in Star Clusters; 2.2.2 Multiple Stellar Populations in Old Globular Clusters; Part II Researches on Stellar Populations in Massive Star Clusters; 3 Binary Fraction in Young Massive Star Clusters; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Data Reduction
5.2 Data Reduction and Analysis5.3 Main Results; 5.3.1 Sub-giant Branch Stars; 5.3.2 Red-Giant Branch Stars; 5.4 Physical Inplications; 5.5 Conclusion; 6 Do Intermediate-Age Star Clusters Have Extended Star Formation Histories?; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data Reduction; 6.3 Main Results; 6.3.1 NGC1651; 6.3.2 NGC411; 6.3.3 NGC419; 6.4 Physical Discussion; 6.5 Conclusion; Part III Not-So-Simple Stellar Populations in Massive Star Clusters, Where Do We Stand?; 7 Lessons Learned from This Thesis; 7.1 Do the Young Massive Clusters Harbor Multiple Stellar Populations?
7.2 No Evidence of Multiple Stellar Populations in Intermediate-Age Star Clusters7.3 Do Globular Clusters have Another Origin?; 7.4 Epilogue; References
1.4.1 Describing the Multiple Stellar Populations2 Researches of Stellar Populations in Star Clusters; 2.1 Stellar Populations: We Think We Know Until Everything Change; 2.1.1 Why Most Clusters Should be Simple Stellar Populations?; 2.1.2 Complicated Stellar Populations in Star Clusters; 2.2 Proposed Scenarios; 2.2.1 The Extended Main Sequence Turn-Off Regions in Star Clusters; 2.2.2 Multiple Stellar Populations in Old Globular Clusters; Part II Researches on Stellar Populations in Massive Star Clusters; 3 Binary Fraction in Young Massive Star Clusters; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Data Reduction
5.2 Data Reduction and Analysis5.3 Main Results; 5.3.1 Sub-giant Branch Stars; 5.3.2 Red-Giant Branch Stars; 5.4 Physical Inplications; 5.5 Conclusion; 6 Do Intermediate-Age Star Clusters Have Extended Star Formation Histories?; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data Reduction; 6.3 Main Results; 6.3.1 NGC1651; 6.3.2 NGC411; 6.3.3 NGC419; 6.4 Physical Discussion; 6.5 Conclusion; Part III Not-So-Simple Stellar Populations in Massive Star Clusters, Where Do We Stand?; 7 Lessons Learned from This Thesis; 7.1 Do the Young Massive Clusters Harbor Multiple Stellar Populations?
7.2 No Evidence of Multiple Stellar Populations in Intermediate-Age Star Clusters7.3 Do Globular Clusters have Another Origin?; 7.4 Epilogue; References