STAR CLUSTER ECOLOGY .2. BINARY EVOLUTION WITH SINGLE-STAR ENCOUNTERS

Three-body effects greatly complicate stellar evolution. We model the effects of encounters of binaries with single stars, based on paramete rs chosen from conditions prevalent in the cores of globular clusters. For our three-body encounters, we start with a population of primordi al binaries, and choose incoming stars from the evolving single star p opulations of paper I. In addition, we study the formation of new bina ries through tidal capture among the single stars. In subsequent paper s in this series, we will combine stellar evolution with the dynamics of a full N-body system.