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We study the dynamical evolution of globular clusters using our H\'enon-type Monte Carlo code for stellar dynamics including all relevant physics such as two-body relaxation, single and binary stellar evolution, Galactic tidal stripping,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Sourav Chatterjee , Stefan Umbreit , John M. Fregeau , Frederic A. Rasio

Observations show that nearly all star clusters and stellar populations contain blue straggler stars (BSs). BSs in a cluster can significantly enhance the integrated spectrum of the host population, preferentially at short wavelengths, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Yu Xin , Licai Deng , Richard de Grijs , Pavel Kroupa

The color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of young star clusters show that, particularly at ultraviolet wavelengths, their upper main sequences (MSs) bifurcate into a sequence comprising the bulk population and a blue periphery. The spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Yujiao Yang , Chengyuan Li , Richard de Grijs , Licai Deng

Observations and theory suggest that star clusters can form in a subvirial (cool) state and are highly substructured. Such initial conditions have been proposed to explain the level of mass segregation in clusters through dynamics, and have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Richard J. Parker , Simon P. Goodwin , Richard J. Allison

Globular clusters (GCs) are the ideal environment for the formation of neutron stars (NSs) and millisecond pulsars (MSPs). NSs origin and evolution provide a useful information on stellar dynamics and evolution in star clusters, and are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-29 Giacomo Fragione , Václav Pavlík , Sambaran Banerjee

The dynamical formation of black hole binaries in globular clusters that merge due to gravitational waves occurs more frequently in higher stellar density. Meanwhile, the probability to form intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) also…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-09 Jongsuk Hong , Abbas Askar , Mirek Giersz , Arkadiusz Hypki , Suk-Jin Yoon

We investigated the evolution of clusters of galaxies using self-consistent N-body simulations. We varied the initial model of galaxies and clusters, and studied the dependence of evolution on initial conditions. We found that the growth…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 T. Sensui , Y. Funato , J. Makino

In this paper we study the long-term dynamical evolution of multiple-population clusters, focusing on the evolution of the spatial distributions of the first- (FG) and second-generation (SG) stars.In previous studies we have suggested that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Enrico Vesperini , Stephen L. W. McMillan , Francesca D'Antona , Annibale D'Ercole

We examine various physical processes associated with the formation of globular clusters by using the three-dimensional Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code. Our code includes radiative cooling of gases, star formation, energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Naohito Nakasato , Masao Mori , Ken'ichi Nomoto

We perform a suite of hydrodynamic simulations to investigate how initial density profiles of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) affect their subsequent evolution. We find that the star formation duration and integrated star formation efficiency…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 Yingtian Chen , Hui Li , Mark Vogelsberger

Globular clusters (GCs) constitute a system which is evolving because of various interactions with the galactic environment. Evolution may be the explanation of many observed features of Globular Cluster Systems (GCSs); the different radial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta

Blue straggler stars (BSS) are well studied in globular clusters but their systematic study with secure membership determination is lacking in open clusters. We use Gaia DR2 data to determine accurate stellar membership for four…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-17 Kaushar Vaidya , Khushboo K. Rao , Manan Agarwal , Souradeep Bhattacharya

Most stars are born in the crowded environments of gradually forming star clusters. Dynamical interactions between close-passing stars and the evolving UV radiation fields from proximate massive stars are expected to sculpt the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-20 Aayush Gautam , Juan P. Farias , Jonathan C. Tan

We investigate the evolution of binary fractions in star clusters using N-body models of up to 100000 stars. Primordial binary frequencies in these models range from 5% to 50%. Simulations are performed with the NBODY4 code and include a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Jarrod R. Hurley , Sverre J. Aarseth , Michael M. Shara

We investigate black hole-star binaries formed in $N$-body simulations of massive, dense star clusters. We simulate 32 clusters with varying initial masses ($10^{4}~\rm M_{\odot}$ to $10^{6}~\rm M_{\odot}$), densities ($1200~\rm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-21 Federico Fantoccoli , Jordan Barber , Fani Dosopoulou , Debatri Chattopadhyay , Fabio Antonini

This paper studies the dynamical evolution of young stellar clusters with $N$ = 100 - 1000 members. We use N-body simulations to explore how evolution depends on system size $N$ and the initial conditions. Motivated by recent observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Fred C. Adams , Eva M. Proszkow , Marco Fatuzzo , Philip C. Myers

Binary population synthesis shows that mass transfer from a giant star to a main-sequence (MS) companion may account for some observed long-orbital period blue stragglers. However, little attention {\bf is paid to this blue straggler…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xuefei Chen , Zhanwen Han

Stellar rotation is a fundamental ingredient in shaping the evolution of stars and it can also be used to trace past stellar interactions. Yet, systematic studies of stellar rotation in large samples of stars belonging to different…

High-resolution {\sl Hubble Space Telescope} imaging observations show that the radial distribution of the field-decontaminated sample of 162 'blue straggler' stars (BSs) in the $11.7^{+0.2}_{-0.1}$ Gyr-old Large Magellanic Cloud cluster…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Chengyuan Li , Richard de Grijs , Licai Deng , Xiangkun Liu

The binary fraction in young open clusters exceeds that of field stars, making the study of binary dynamical evolution in clusters essential for understanding the origins and evolution of field binaries. Using N-body simulations based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-13 Zepeng Zheng , Long Wang , Holger Baumgardt
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