On the structure of tidal tails
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We examine the longitudinal distribution of the stars escaping from a cluster along tidal tails. Using both theory and simulations, we show that, even in the case of a star cluster in a circular galactic orbit, when the tide is steady, the distribution exhibits maxima at a distance of many tidal radii from the cluster.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0804.2476,
title = {On the structure of tidal tails},
author = {Andreas H. W. Küpper and Andrew Macleod and Douglas C. Heggie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.2476},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS