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Using the DIANOGA hydrodynamical zoom-in simulation set of galaxy clusters, we analyze the dynamics traced by stars belonging to the Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) and their surrounding diffuse component, forming the intracluster light…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-06 I. Marini , S. Borgani , A. Saro , G. L. Granato , C. Ragone-Figueroa , B. Sartoris , K. Dolag , G. Murante , A. Ragagnin , Y. Wang

To investigate the dynamical properties of globular clusters, the surface brightness and kinematic data were collected and fitted to a family of lowered isothermal models called LIMEPY models. For 18 studied globular clusters, the amounts…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-13 Chia-Hsuan Cheng , Ing-Guey Jiang

We present the results of Monte Carlo simulations for the dynamical evolution of star clusters containing two stellar populations with individual masses m1 and m2 > m1, and total masses M1 and M2 < M1. We use both King and Plummer model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 W. A. Watters , K. J. Joshi , F. A. Rasio

The state of the hot gas in clusters of galaxies is investigated with a set of model clusters, created by assuming a polytropic equation of state (Gamma=1.2) and hydrostatic equilibrium inside gravitational potential wells drawn from a dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Paul Bode , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Alexey Vikhlinin

The motion of the baryonic components of the Milky Way is governed by both luminous and dark matter content of the Galaxy. Thus, the dynamics of the Milky Way globular clusters can be used as tracers to infer the mass model of the Galaxy up…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-15 Saikat Das , Nirupam Roy

We analyze the physical properties and energy balance of density enhancements in two SPH simulations of the formation, evolution, and collapse of giant molecular clouds. In the simulations, no feedback is included, so all motions are due…

Lowered isothermal models, such as the multimass Michie-King models, have been successful in describing observational data of globular clusters. In this study we assess whether such models are able to describe the phase space properties of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-19 Miklos Peuten , Alice Zocchi , Mark Gieles , Vincent Hénault-Brunet

Rich and massive clusters of galaxies at intermediate redshift are capable of magnifying and distorting the images of background galaxies. A comparison of different mass estimators among these clusters can provide useful information about…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Xiang-Ping Wu , Tzihong Chiueh , Li-Zhi Fang , Yan-Jie Xue

The basic ingredients of models for the internal dynamics of globular clusters are reviewed, with an emphasis on the description of equilibrium configurations. The development of progressive complexity in the models is traced, concentrating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dean E. McLaughlin

Context: Globular clusters (GCs) host multiple populations characterised by abundance variations in a number of light elements. In many cases, these populations also show spatial and/or kinematic differences, which vary in strength from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-02 Francisco I. Aros , Enrico Vesperini , Emanuele Dalessandro

Galaxy clusters exhibit regular scaling relations among their bulk properties. These relations establish vital links between halo mass and cluster observables. Precision cosmology studies that depend on these links benefit from a better…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 David A. Ventimiglia , G. Mark Voit , Megan Donahue , S. Ameglio

Clusters of galaxies are revealing themselves as powerful sources of non thermal radiation in a wide range of wavelengths. In order to account for these multifrequency observations equipartition of cosmic rays (CRs) with the thermal gas in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Pasquale Blasi

Using high-resolution non-radiative hydrodynamic simulations of galaxy clusters we obtain simple analytic formulae for DM and gas distribution in the spherical approximation. We derive fits for the DM density, velocity dispersion and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Elena Rasia , Giuseppe Tormen , Lauro Moscardini

We present a numerical study of the balance between the gravitational (Eg), kinetic (Ek), and magnetic (Em) energies of structures within a hub-filament system in a simulation of the formation and global hierarchical collapse (GHC) of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-07 Vianey Camacho , Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni , Manuel Zamora-Avilés , Aina Palau

The dynamical properties of a tracer or impurity particle immersed in a host gas of inelastic and rough hard spheres in the homogeneous cooling state is studied. Specifically, the breakdown of energy equipartition as characterized by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-10-02 Francisco Vega Reyes , Antonio Lasanta , Andrés Santos , Vicente Garzó

Many astrophysical and galaxy-scale cosmological problems require a well determined gravitational potential which is often modeled by observers under strong assumptions. Globular clusters (GCs) surrounding galaxies can be used as dynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-20 Sophia Lilleengen , Wilma H. Trick , Glenn van de Ven

Velocity dispersion ($\sigma$) in stellar streams from globular clusters (GCs) is sensitive to heating by Galactic substructure, including dark matter (DM) subhalos. Recent studies have compared $\sigma$ in observed and modeled streams to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-20 Newlin C. Weatherford , Ana Bonaca

The level of mass segregation in the core of globular clusters has been previously proposed as a potential indicator of the dynamical constituents of the system, such as presence of a significant population of stellar-mass black holes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-27 Ruggero de Vita , Michele Trenti , Morgan MacLeod

In general, the total kinetic energy in a multicomponent granular gas of inelastic and rough hard spheres is unequally partitioned among the different degrees of freedom. On the other hand, partial energy equipartition can be reached, in…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-06-19 Antonio Lasanta , Francisco Vega Reyes , Vicente Garzó , Andrés Santos

The dynamical evolution of the globular cluster systems in galaxies is predicted, based on the standard dynamical theory normalized to the example of the Milky Way. The major processes varying with the galactocentric distance are the tidal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Oleg Y. Gnedin