MOCCA Code for Star Cluster Simulation: Comparison with Optical Observations using COCOA
Abstract
We introduce and present preliminary results from COCOA (Cluster simulatiOn Comparison with ObservAtions) code for a star cluster after 12 Gyrs of evolution simulated using the MOCCA code. The COCOA code is being developed to quickly compare results of numerical simulations of star clusters with observational data. We use COCOA to obtain parameters of the projected cluster model. For comparison, a FITS file of the projected cluster was provided to observers so that they could use their observational methods and techniques to obtain cluster parameters. The results show that the similarity of cluster parameters obtained through numerical simulations and observations depends significantly on the quality of observational data and photometric accuracy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1501.00417,
title = {MOCCA Code for Star Cluster Simulation: Comparison with Optical Observations using COCOA},
author = {Abbas Askar and Mirek Giersz and Wojciech Pych and Arkadiusz Olech and Arkadiusz Hypki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.00417},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figure, Conference proceedings for poster presented at IAUS 312