Star Cluster Ecology I: A Cluster Core with Encounters between Single Stars
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Star clusters with a high central density contain an ecological network of evolving binaries, affected by interactions with passing stars, while in turn affecting the energy budget of the cluster as a whole by giving off binding energy. This is the first paper in a series aimed at providing the tools for increasingly realistic simulations of these ecological networks.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9701042,
title = {Star Cluster Ecology I: A Cluster Core with Encounters between Single Stars},
author = {Simon F. Portegies Zwart and Piet Hut and Frank Verbunt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9701042},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
14 pages including 7 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics