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The formation of galaxy clusters in hierarchically clustering universes is investigated by means of high resolution N-body simulations. The simulations are performed using a newly developed multi-mass scheme which combines a PM code with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Huss , B. Jain , M. Steinmetz

Preliminary results are presented about a fully self-consistent N-body simulation of a sample of four massive globular clusters in close interaction within the central region of a galaxy. The N-body representation (with N=1.5x10^6 particles…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-04 P. Miocchi , R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta

A revision of Stod\'o{\l}kiewicz's Monte Carlo code is used to simulate evolution of large star clusters. The survey on the evolution of multi-mass N-body systems influenced by the tidal field of a parent galaxy and by stellar evolution is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mirek Giersz

Star clusters - open and globulars - experience dynamical evolution on time scales shorter than their age. Consequently, open and globular clusters provide us with unique dynamical laboratories for learning about two-body relaxation, mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Georges Meylan

A revision of Stodolkiewicz's Monte Carlo code is used to simulate the evolution of million body star clusters. The new method treats each superstar as a single star and follows the evolution and motion of all individual stellar objects. A…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mirek Giersz

We present a new C++ code for collisional N-body simulations of star clusters. The code uses the Hermite fourth-order scheme with block time steps, for advancing the particles in time, while the forces and neighboring particles are computed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-08 Simos Konstantinidis , Kostas D. Kokkotas

We investigate the dynamical evolution of compact young star clusters (CYCs) near the Galactic center (GC) using Aarseth's Nbody6 codes. The relatively small number of stars in the cluster (5,000-20,000) makes real-number N-body simulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Sungsoo S. Kim , Donald F. Figer , Hyung Mok Lee , Mark Morris

A revision of Stod\{'o}{\l}kiewicz's Monte Carlo code is used to simulate evolution of large star clusters. A survey of the evolution of N-body systems influenced by the tidal field of a parent galaxy and by stellar evolution is presented.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Mirek Giersz

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

Nuclear stellar cluster (NSCs) are known to exist around massive black holes (MBHs) in galactic nuclei. They are thought to have formed through in-situ star formation following gas inflow to the nucleus of the galaxy and/or through the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Hagai B. Perets , Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti

Binarity among stellar clusters in galaxy is such a reality which has been realized for a long time, but still hides several questions and problems to be solved. Some of binary star clusters are formed by close encounter, but the others are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Rhorom Priyatikanto , M. Ikbal Arifyanto , Hesti R. T. Wulandari

Galactic globular clusters are old, dense star systems typically containing 10\super{4}--10\super{7} stars. As an old population of stars, globular clusters contain many collapsed and degenerate objects. As a dense population of stars,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Matthew J. Benacquista , Jonathan M. B. Downing

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

Context: Field stars are not always single stars, but can often be found in bound double systems. Since binary frequencies in the birth places of stars, young embedded clusters, are sometimes even higher than on average the question arises…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Thomas Kaczmarek , Christoph Olczak , Susanne Pfalzner

We study the dynamical evolution of globular clusters containing primordial binaries, including full single and binary stellar evolution using our Monte Carlo cluster evolution code updated with an adaptation of the single and binary…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Sourav Chatterjee , John M. Fregeau , Stefan Umbreit , Frederic A. Rasio

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

The recent availability of special purpose computers designed for calculating gravitational interactions of N-bodies at extremely high speed has provided the means to model globular clusters on a star-by-star basis for the first time. By…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jarrod R. Hurley , Michael M. Shara

Binary stars are common in star clusters and galaxies, but the detailed effects of binary evolution are not taken into account in some colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) studies. This paper studies the CMDs of twelve globular clusters via…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Zhongmu Li , Caiyan Mao , Ruheng Li , Ruxi Li , Maocai Li

We describe a star cluster formation model that includes individual star formation from self-gravitating, magnetized gas, coupled to collisional stellar dynamics. The model uses the Astrophysical Multi-purpose Software Environment (AMUSE)…

We present the implementation of updated stellar evolution recipes in the codes \texttt{Nbody6++GPU, MOCCA} and \texttt{McLuster}. We test them through numerical simulations of star clusters containing $1.1\times 10^5$ stars (with…