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Stars form in dense, clustered environments, where feedback from newly formed stars eventually ejects the gas, terminating star formation and leaving behind one or more star clusters. Using the STARFORGE simulations, it is possible to…

(Abridged) We build a theoretical model to study the origin of the globular cluster metallicity bimodality in the hierarchical galaxy assembly scenario, based on the observed galaxy mass-[O/H] relation and the galaxy stellar mass function…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Chiara Tonini

We propose a self-consistent model for globular cluster formation in, but not limited to, our Galaxy, based on the merger model of Mathews and Schramm (1993). Stars and star clusters form in bursts at the merging interfaces as protogalactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Sangjin Lee , David N. Schramm , Grant J. Mathews

Globular clusters can form inside their host galaxies at high redshift when gas densities were higher and gas-rich mergers were common. They can also form inside lower-mass galaxies that have since been accreted and tidally disrupted,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-14 Turner Woody , Kevin C. Schlaufman

Observations have revealed that most stars are born in clusters. These systems, containing from tens to thousands of stars and typically significant mass in gas in the youngest systems, evolve due to a combination of stellar and star-gas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ian A. Bonnell

We investigate the formation of metal-poor globular clusters (GCs) at the center of two dark matter halos with $M_{\rm halo} \sim4\times10^7 M_\odot$ at $z>10$ using cosmological radiation-hydrodynamics simulations. We find that very…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-01 Taysun Kimm , Renyue Cen , Joakim Rosdahl , Sukyoung Yi

We investigate the evolution of the tidal field experienced by massive star clusters using cosmological simulations of Milky Way-sized galaxies. Clusters in our simulations experience the strongest tidal force in the first few hundred Myr…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-16 Xi Meng , Oleg Y. Gnedin

The evolution of star clusters is determined by several internal and external processes. Here we focus on two dominant internal effects, namely energy exchange between stars through close encounters (two-body relaxation) and mass-loss of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-06-24 Mark Gieles

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

We analyzed the shapes of Galactic open clusters by the star counting technique with the 2MASS star catalog database. Morphological parameters such as the ellipticity and size have been derived via stellar density distribution, weighed by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. P. Chen , C. W. Chen , C. G. Shu

This review examines the state-of-the-art knowledge of high-mass star and massive cluster formation, gained from ambitious observational surveys, which acknowledge the multi-scale characteristics of these processes. After a brief overview…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-19 Frederique Motte , Sylvain Bontemps , Fabien Louvet

We review recent progress in the description of the formation and evolution of galaxy clusters in a cosmological context by using numerical simulations. We focus our presentation on the comparison between simulated and observed X-ray…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Stefano Borgani , Andrey Kravtsov

A brief review on globular cluster sub-populations in galaxies, and their constraints on galaxy formation and evolution is given. The metal-poor and metal-rich sub-populations are put in a historical context, and their properties, as known…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus Kissler-Patig

We describe an overall picture of galactic-scale star formation. Recent high-resolution magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of two-fluid dynamics with cooling/heating and thermal conduction have shown that the formation of molecular clouds…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-29 Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Tsuyoshi Inoue , Kazunari Iwasaki , Takashi Hosokawa

We examine whether the super star-forming clumps (R~1-3 kpc; M~10^8-10^9.5 Msun) now known to be a key component of star-forming galaxies at z~2 could be the formation sites of the locally observed old globular cluster population. We find…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 K. L. Shapiro , R. Genzel , N. M. Foerster Schreiber

Tidal forces acting on galaxies in clusters lead to a strong dynamical evolution. In order to quantify the amount of evolution, I run self-consistent N-body simulations of disk galaxies for a variety of models in the hierarchically forming…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Oleg Y. Gnedin

Detailed observations of globular clusters (GCs) have revealed evidence of self-enrichment: some of the heavy elements that we see in stars today were produced by cluster stars themselves. Moreover, GCs have internal subpopulations with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-22 Jeremy Bailin

Detailed understanding of the formation and evolution of globular clusters (GCs) has been recently advanced through a combination of numerical simulations and analytical models. We employ a state-of-the-art model to create a comprehensive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-30 Yingtian Chen , Oleg Y. Gnedin

In models of galaxy formation in a hierarchical Universe, elliptical galaxies form through the merging of smaller disk systems. These models yield a number of testable predictions if reliable techniques for determining the relative ages and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel Thomas , Guinevere Kauffmann

The mass distribution and chemical composition of globular cluster (GC) systems preserve fossil record of the early stages of galaxy formation. The observed distribution of GC colors within massive early-type galaxies in the ACS Virgo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Hui Li , Oleg Y. Gnedin