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We present a sub-grid model for star formation in galaxy simulations, incorporating molecular hydrogen ($\mathrm{H}_2$) production via dust grain condensation and its destruction through star formation and photodissociation. Implemented…

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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

We study the evolution of embedded clusters. The equations of motion of the stars in the cluster are solved by direct N-body integration while taking the effects of stellar evolution and the hydrodynamics of the natal gas content into…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 F. I. Pelupessy , S. Portegies Zwart

We explore the effects of dynamical evolution in dense clusters on the companion mass ratio distribution (CMRD) of binary stars. Binary systems are destroyed by interactions with other stars in the cluster, lowering the total binary…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Richard J. Parker , Maddalena M. Reggiani

We perform high resolution simulations of forming star clusters as they merge inside giant molecular clouds (GMCs) using hydrodynamics coupled to N-body dynamics to simultaneously model both the gas and stars. We zoom in to previously run…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-11 Jeremy Karam , Alison Sills

I investigate the roles of cluster dynamics and massive binary evolution in producing stellar-remnant binary black hole (BBH) mergers over the cosmic time. To that end, dynamical BBH mergers are obtained from long-term direct N-body…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Sambaran Banerjee

State-of-the-art cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation have reached the point at which their outcomes result in galaxies with ever more realism. Still, the employed sub-grid models include several free parameters such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-17 Tobias Buck , Aaron A. Dutton , Andrea V. Macciò

It appears that most stars are born in clusters, and that at birth most stars have circumstellar discs which are comparable in size to the separations between the stars. Interactions between neighbouring stars and discs are therefore likely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 H. M. J. Boffin , S. J. Watkins , A. S. Bhattal , N. Francis , A. P. Whitworth

Studying coupling between different galactic components is a challenging problem in galactic dynamics. Using basis function expansions (BFEs) and multichannel singular spectrum analysis (mSSA) as a means of dynamical data mining, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-22 Alexander Johnson , Michael S. Petersen , Kathryn V. Johnston , Martin D. Weinberg

Energetic feedback from star clusters plays a pivotal role in shaping the dynamical evolution of giant molecular clouds (GMCs). To study the effects of stellar feedback on the star formation efficiency of the clouds and the dynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 Hui Li , Mark Vogelsberger , Federico Marinacci , Oleg Y. Gnedin

In dense stellar systems, dynamical interactions between objects lead to frequent formation of exotic stellar objects, unusual binaries, and systems of higher multiplicity. They are especially important for the formation of low mass X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-11 Natalia Ivanova

Mass segregation is seen in many star clusters, but whether massive stars form in the center of a cluster or migrate there dynamically is still debated. N-body simulations have shown that early dynamical mass segregation is possible when…

Most main sequence stars, unlike our Sun, belong to multiple systems with two or more stars. How and when these multiples come together and become bound is uncertain, since the earliest stages of star formation are difficult to resolve. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 A. Generozov , S. S. R. Offner , K. M. Kratter , H. B. Perets , D. Guszejnov , M. Y. Grudić

Massive stars (> 8 $M_\odot$) are known to have high degrees of multiplicity, e.g., with about 60% in triples or higher-order multiples. Such high levels of multiplicity may arise during formation (primary multiplicity) or through dynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-01 Aayush Gautam , Juan P. Farias , Jonathan C. Tan

(Abridged) The formation and evolution of star cluster populations are related to the galactic environment. Cluster formation is governed by processes acting on galactic scales, and star cluster disruption is driven by the tidal field. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. M. Diederik Kruijssen , F. Inti Pelupessy , Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers , Simon F. Portegies Zwart , Vincent Icke

We report the results of simulations of dense rotating stellar systems whose members suffer collisions and undergo stellar evolution processes. The initial configuration for each experiment is an isotropic Kuzmin-Kutuzov model. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John S. Arabadjis , Douglas O. Richstone

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 study the non-axisymmetric evolution of magnetized clouds, using a 2D MHD code based on the physically motivated thin-disk approximation. We found that such clouds become unstable to non-axisymmetric perturbations after the supercritical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fumitaka Nakamura , Zhi-Yun Li

Stellar clusters are critical constituents within galaxies: they are the result of highest-density star formation, and through their spatially and temporally correlated feedback they regulate their host galaxy evolution. We present a novel…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-12 Marta Reina-Campos , Oleg Y. Gnedin , Alison Sills , Hui Li

We simulate the formation and evolution of young star clusters using the combination of SPH simulations and direct N-body simulations. We start by performing SPH simulations of the giant molecular cloud with a turbulent velocity field, a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 M. S. Fujii , S. Portegies Zwart