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We present an upgraded version of the \MOCCA code for the study of dynamical evolution of globular clusters (GCs) and its first application to the study of evolution of multiple stellar populations. We explore initial conditions spanning…

The formation of stars with light-element abundance variations in globular clusters and the subsequent dynamical evolution of these multiple populations remains an open question. One of the most widely discussed is the AGB scenario, in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-09 Mirek Giersz , Abbas Askar , Arkadiusz Hypki , Jongsuk Hong , Grzegorz Wiktorowicz , Lucas Hellstrom

A comprehensive study of the co-evolution of globular cluster systems (GCS) in galaxies requires the ability to model both the large scale dynamics (0.01 - 10 kpc) regulating their orbital evolution, and the small scale dynamics (sub-pc -…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-29 A. Leveque , M. Giersz , M. Arca-Sedda , A. Askar

We introduce a new prescription for the evolution of globular clusters (GCs) during the initial embedded gas phase into a Monte Carlo method. With a simplified version of the Monte Carlo MOCCA code embedded in the AMUSE framework, we study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-29 A. Leveque , M. Giersz , S. Banerjee , E. Vesperini , J. Hong , S. Portegies Zwart

We explore the evolution of various properties of multiple-population globular clusters (GCs) for a broad range of initial conditions. We simulated over 200 GC models using the MOCCA Monte Carlo code and find that present-day properties…

Recent findings show that, in some Milky Way globular clusters (GCs), pristine red giant branch (RGB) stars are more centrally concentrated than enriched RGB stars. This contradicts most multiple-population formation scenarios, which…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-04 M. Giersz , A. Askar , A Hypki , J. Hong , G. Wiktorowicz , L. Hellström

I simulate the evolution of a stellar system hosting two stellar populations whose initial set up is defined according to the two main scenarios proposed for the origin of multiple populations in Galactic globular clusters: (i) formation of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 A. Sollima

Using three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations, we investigate the formation of multiple stellar populations (MSPs) in globular clusters (GCs) within the context of their parent galaxies. In our scenario, the second…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-08 Madeleine McKenzie , Kenji Bekki

Globular clusters host complex stellar populations whose chemical signatures suggest early (3 Myr - 1 Gyr) retention and reprocessing of stellar ejecta, yet direct evidence for intracluster gas is lacking. Here we present a unified…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-04 Alexey Bobrick , Melvyn B. Davies , Hagai B. Perets

We investigate the viability of a model in which the chemical anomalies among Globular Cluster stars are due to accretion of gas onto the protostellar discs of low mass stars. This model has been suggested as a way to reduce the large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Francesca D'Antona , Paolo Ventura , Thibaut Decressin , Enrico Vesperini , Annibale D'Ercole

The paper presents an analysis of properties of populations of blue stragglers (BSs) in evolving globular clusters, based on numerical simulations done with the MOCCA code for various initial globular clusters conditions. We find that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Arkadiusz Hypki , Mirek Giersz

The presence of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters leads to a complex dynamical environment that significantly influences the evolution of binary stars, which in turn impacts the evolution of the cluster itself. For this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 J. Bruce , E. Vesperini , A. Askar , E. Bortolan , M. Giersz , J. Hong , A. Hypki , A. P. Milone

Globular clusters (GCs) are sensitive tracers of galaxy assembly histories but interpreting the information they encode is challenging because mergers are thought to promote both the formation and disruption of GCs. We use simulations with…

The majority of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) contain multiple stellar populations displaying specific chemical abundance variations. In particular, GCs generally contain a `primordial' population with abundances similar to field stars,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-01 E. Leitinger , H. Baumgardt , I. Cabrera-Ziri , M. Hilker , E. Pancino

Recent observations indicate that in some Milky Way globular clusters (GCs) pristine red giant branch (RGB) stars appear more centrally concentrated than enriched ones. This contradicts most multiple stellar population (MSP) formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-19 P. Berczik , O. Sobodar , F. Flammini Dotti , M. Sobolenko , M. Ishchenko , R. Spurzem , M. Giersz , A. Askar

Many scenarios for the origin of the chemical anomalies observed in globular clusters (GCs; i.e., multiple populations) require that GCs were much more massive at birth, up to $10-100\times$, than they are presently. This is invoked in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-19 Nate Bastian , Carmela Lardo

We numerically investigate whether and how gaseous ejecta from AGB stars can be converted into new stars within originally massive star clusters (MSCs) in order to understand the origin of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Kenji Bekki

Most globular clusters (GCs) show evidence for multiple stellar populations, suggesting the occurrence of several distinct star-formation episodes. The large fraction of second population (2P) stars observed requires a very large 2P gaseous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-15 Mor Rozner , Hagai B. Perets

We investigate the accretion of globular cluster stars on early cosmological timescales through detailed N-body simulations of theoretical GC models to assess the role of this mechanism in Milky Way-like galaxies. For the dynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-03 D. Kuvatova , M. Ishchenko , P. Berczik , O. Veles , O. Sobodar , T. Panamarev

Nearly all globular clusters (GCs) studied to date show evidence for multiple stellar populations, in stark contrast to the conventional view that GCs are a mono-metallic, coeval population of stars. Building on earlier work, we propose a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Charlie Conroy , David N. Spergel
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