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Core radius evolution of star clusters
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Gilmore, Gerald |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | We use N -body simulations of star clusters to investigate the possible dynamical origins of the observed spread in core radius among intermediate-age and old star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Two effects are considered, a time-varying external tidal field and variations in primordial hard binary fraction. Simulations of clusters orbiting a point-mass galaxy show similar core radius evolution for clusters on both circular and elliptical orbits and we therefore conclude that the tidal field of the LMC has not yet significantly influenced the evolution of the intermediate-age clusters. The presence of large numbers of hard primordial binaries in a cluster leads to core radius expansion; however, the magnitude of the effect is insufficient to explain the observations. Further, the range of binary fractions required to produce significant core radius growth is inconsistent with the observational evidence that all the LMC clusters have similar stellar luminosity functions. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/9b4aa4ac-4fde-4a34-9b0f-6b9e68b81611/1/PDF%20(Accepted%20manuscript).pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0304522v1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Balbiani Body Binary number Bone structure of radius Computer cluster Computer simulation Evolution GUCY2C protein, human Little man computer Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Follicular Magellanic Catalogue of Stars National origin Ocular orbit Stellar (payment network) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |