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Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are the densest stellar systems in the Universe. They can be found at the center of all galaxy types, but tend to favor galaxies of intermediate stellar mass around 10$^9\,$M$_{\odot}$[1, 2]. Currently, two main…

Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are the densest stellar systems in the Universe and are found in the centres of all types of galaxies. They are thought to form via mergers of star clusters such as ancient globular clusters (GCs) that spiral to…

Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are massive star clusters found in all types of galaxies from dwarfs to massive galaxies. Recent studies show that while low-mass NSCs in dwarf galaxies ($M_\text{gal} < 10^{9} M_\odot$) form predominantly out…

Nuclear Clusters (NCs) are common stellar systems in the centres of galaxies. Yet, the physical mechanisms involved in their formation are still debated. Using a parsec-resolution hydrodynamical simulation of a dwarf galaxy, we propose an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-01 Nicolas Guillard , Eric Emsellem , Florent Renaud

We model the formation of star clusters in a dwarf galaxy progenitor during the first $700 ~{\rm Myr}$ of cosmic history using a cosmological radiation-hydrodynamic simulation with a sub-grid star formation efficiency (SFE) model calibrated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-03 Fred Angelo Batan Garcia , Massimo Ricotti , Kazuyuki Sugimura

Nuclear Star Clusters (NSCs) are dense stellar systems located at the centers of galaxies. Employing Enzo-Abyss, which integrates hydrodynamics with a direct N-body solver, we introduce a simulation capable of resolving the evolution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-20 Yongseok Jo , Minyong Jung , Greg L. Bryan , Seoyoung Kim , Ji-hoon Kim , Ahram Lee

In dwarf galaxies, nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are believed to primarily form from the migration and merger of globular clusters (GCs), with a possible contribution from in-situ star-forming activity triggered by gas infall. We present the…

Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are massive star clusters found ubiquitously in the centres of galaxies, from the dwarf regime to massive ellipticals and spirals. The fraction of nucleated galaxies is as high as $>$ 90 % at $M_{\text{gal}}…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-14 Katja Fahrion , Ryan Leaman , Mariya Lyubenova , Glenn van de Ven

Photometrically distinct nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are common in late-type-disk and spheroidal galaxies. The formation of NSCs is inevitable in the context of normal star formation in which a majority of stars form in clusters. A young,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Meghann Agarwal , Milos Milosavljevic

Clues to the formation and evolution of Nuclear Star Clusters (NSCs) lie in their stellar populations. However, these structures are often very faint compared to their host galaxy, and spectroscopic analysis of NSCs is hampered by…

We review the current knowledge about nuclear star clusters (NSCs), the spectacularly dense and massive assemblies of stars found at the centers of most galaxies. Recent observational and theoretical work suggest that many NSC properties,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-15 Nadine Neumayer , Anil Seth , Torsten Boeker

Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are dense stellar environments located in the center of most galaxies. NSCs are thought to form through two primary methods; through the inspiral of globular clusters (GCs) to the galactic center due to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-20 Ismael Khan , Fazeel Mahmood Khan , Andrea V. Macciò , Kelly Holley-Bockelmann , Peter Berczik

Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are massive star clusters found in the innermost region of most galaxies. While recent studies suggest that low-mass NSCs in dwarf galaxies form largely out of the merger of globular clusters and NSCs in massive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-26 Floor van Donkelaar , Lucio Mayer , Pedro R. Capelo , Tomas Tamfal , Thomas R. Quinn , Piero Madau

Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are found in at least 70% of all galaxies, but their formation path is still unclear. In the most common scenarios, NSCs form in-situ from the galaxy's central gas reservoir, through merging of globular clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Katja Fahrion , Mariya Lyubenova , Glenn van de Ven , Michael Hilker

Nuclear star clusters are found at the centers of most galaxies. They are the densest stellar systems in the Universe, and thus have unique and interesting stellar dynamics. We review how common nuclear star clusters are in galaxies of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Anil C. Seth , Nadine Neumayer , Torsten Boeker

Nuclear star clusters are among the densest stellar systems known and are common in both early- and late-type galaxies. They exhibit scaling relations with their host galaxy which may be related to those of supermassive black holes. These…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-09 David R. Cole , Victor P. Debattista

Nuclear star clusters (NSC) are dense and compact stellar systems, of sizes of few parsecs, located at galactic centers. Their properties and formation mechanisms seem to be tightly linked to the evolution of the host galaxy, with…

Direct observational evidence for the creation of nuclear star clusters (NSCs) is needed to support the proposed scenarios for their formation. We analysed the dwarf galaxy UGC 7346, located in the peripheral regions of the Virgo Cluster,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-15 J. Román , P. M. Sánchez-Alarcón , J. H. Knapen , R. Peletier

Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are found in at least 70% of all galaxies, but their formation path is still unclear. In the most common scenarios, NSCs form in-situ from the galaxy's central gas reservoir, through merging of globular clusters…

Nuclear Star Clusters (NSCs) are dense clusters of stars that reside in the centers of a majority of the galaxies. In this paper, we study the density profiles for 29 galaxies in a volume-limited survey within 10 Mpc to characterize their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-09 Renuka Pechetti , Anil Seth , Nadine Neumayer , Iskren Georgiev , Nikolay Kacharov , Mark den Brok
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