Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-07-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
2-page poster paper, to appear in "New Horizons in Globular Cluster Astronomy", June 2002, Padova (Italy), eds. Piotto G., Mey
Scientific paper
We present the detailed analysis of Hubble Space Telescope observations of the spatial distributions of different stellar species in two young compact star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 1805 and NGC 1818. Based on a comparison of the characteristic relaxation times in their cores and at their half-mass radii with the observed degree of mass segregation, it is most likely that significant primordial mass segregation was present in both clusters, particularly in NGC 1805. Both clusters were likely formed with very similar initial mass functions.
de Grijs Richard
Gilmore Gerry
Johnson Rachel
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