Could merged star-clusters build up a small galaxy?
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We investigate the behaviour of a cluster of young massive star clusters (hereafter super-cluster) in the tidal field of a host galaxy with a high-resolution particle-mesh code, Superbox. Specifically we want to establish if and how such super star-clusters merge and carry out a detailed study of the resulting merger-object. This merger-object shows either the properties of a compact spherical object or the elongated (`fluffy') shape of dSph-galaxies depending on the initial concentration of the super-cluster.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0001259,
title = {Could merged star-clusters build up a small galaxy?},
author = {Michael Fellhauer and Pavel Kroupa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0001259},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, to appear in Massive Stellar Clusters, eds: A. Lancon, C. Boily, ASP Conf.Series, revised version has improved formatting