The Promiscuous Nature of Stars in Clusters

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2002-01-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201217v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/339495

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 endeavouring to make the N-body codes that operate on these machines as realistic as possible, the addition of stellar evolution being one example, much is being learnt about the interaction between the star cluster itself and the stars it contains. A fascinating aspect of this research is the ability to follow the orbits of individual stars in detail and to document the formation of observed exotic systems. This has revealed that many stars within a star cluster lead wildly promiscuous lives, interacting, often intimately and in rapid succession, with a variety of neighbours.

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