Mass Segregation in Star Clusters
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Star clusters - open and globulars - experience dynamical evolution on time scales shorter than their age. Consequently, open and globular clusters provide us with unique dynamical laboratories for learning about two-body relaxation, mass segregation from equipartition of energy, and core collapse. We review briefly, in the framework of star clusters, some elements related to the theoretical expectation of mass segregation, the results from N-body and other computer simulations, as well as the now substantial clear observational evidence.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0003390,
title = {Mass Segregation in Star Clusters},
author = {Georges Meylan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0003390},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
An invited review (10 pages, 3 figures) to appear in the proceedings of the Strasbourg Observatory Workshop on "Massive Stellar Clusters", 2000, ASP Conference Series, eds. A. Lancon & C. Boily