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Title

Self-consistent simulations of star cluster formation from gas clouds under the influence of galaxy-scale tidal fields

Author(s)

Hurley, Jarrod R.;  Bekki, Kenji

Abstract

We present the first results of a project aimed at following the formation and long-term dynamical evolution of star clusters within the potential of a host galaxy. Here, we focus on a model evolved within a simplified potential representing the Large Magellanic Cloud. This demonstrates for the first time the self-consistent formation of a bound star cluster from a giant molecular cloud. The model cluster reproduces the density profiles and structural characteristics of observed star clusters.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing

Source

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 389, no. 1 (Sep 2008), pp. L61-L65

Publication year

2008

FOR Code(s)

0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences;  020110 Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems

Keyword(s)

Cluster galaxies;  Evolution;  Globular clusters;  Large magellanic cloud;  M67;  Mass;  Models;  Monte-carlo simulations;  N-body simulations methods;  Open clusters;  Stars formation;  Stellar dynamics;  Turbulence

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing

ISSN

0035-8711

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00525.x

Copyright

Copyright © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation copyright © 2008 Royal Astronomical Society. The accepted manuscript is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive publication is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.

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