The effect of primordial mass segregation on the size scale of globular clusters
| Autor: | Seyed Mohammad Hoseini-Rad, Andreas H. W. Küpper, Hosein Haghi, Akram Hasani Zonoozi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Physics
Milky Way FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Radius Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies Stars Star cluster Space and Planetary Science Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) Globular cluster Cluster (physics) Mass segregation Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Stellar evolution Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 444:3699-3708 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 0035-8711 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stu1714 |
| Popis: | We use direct $N$-body calculations to investigate the impact of primordial mass segregation on the size scale and mass-loss rate of star clusters in a galactic tidal field. We run a set of simulations of clusters with varying degrees of primordial mass segregation at various galactocentric radii and show that, in primordially segregated clusters, the early, impulsive mass-loss from stellar evolution of the most massive stars in the innermost regions of the cluster leads to a stronger expansion than for initially non-segregated clusters. Therefore, models in stronger tidal fields dissolve faster due to an enhanced flux of stars over the tidal boundary. Throughout their lifetimes, the segregated clusters are more extended by a factor of about 2, suggesting that (at least) some of the very extended globular clusters in the outer halo of the Milky Way may have been born with primordial mass segregation. We finally derive a relation between star-cluster dissolution time, $T_{diss}$, and galactocentric radius, $R_G$, and show how it depends on the degree of primordial mass segregation. 12 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS |
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