An Inverse Problem Approach to Cluster Dynamics

Details An Inverse Problem Approach to Cluster Dynamics An Inverse Problem Approach to Cluster Dynamics

2004-06-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406128v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

30 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/423215

We propose a new non-parametric algorithm that can be implemented to study and characterize stellar clusters. The scheme attempts to simultaneously recover the stellar distribution function and the cluster potential by using projected radii and velocity information about the cluster members. The pair of these functions that is most consistent with the input data is detected by the Metropolis algorithm. In this work, the cluster characteristics recovered by CHASSIS are calibrated against the N-body realizations of two clusters, namely Hyades and Arches. The cluster mass and line-of-sight projected velocity dispersion profiles are correctly reproduced by the algorithm when the cluster obeys the assumption used in the code, namely isotropy in phase space. The results recovered by the code are shown to be insensitive to the choice of the initial parameters. The results are also not influenced by increasing the number of input data points as long as this number exceeds a minimum value which is moderately low for an input data set that obeys the assumptions of isotropy and sphericity.

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