Dynamical Evolution of the Mass Function of the Galactic Globular Cluster System

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Aug 2006

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Modelling Dense Stellar Systems, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 14, 22-23 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic, JD14,

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Using anisotropic Fokker-Planck models, we calculate the evolution of mass and luminosity functions of the Galactic globular cluster system. Our models include two-body relaxation, binary heating, tidal shocks, dynamical friction, and stellar evolution. We perform Fokker-Planck simulations for a large number of virtual globular clusters and synthesize these results to study the relation between the initial and present GCMFs. We identify important factors in determining the evolution of the GCMF and estimate the most probable initial GCMF by comparing our calculations with current observations.

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