Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990pasj...42..757b&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Society of Japan, Publications (ISSN 0004-6264), vol. 42, no. 6, 1990, p. 757-767.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
16
Globular Clusters, Magellanic Clouds, Molecular Clouds, Star Clusters, Computerized Simulation, Gravitational Effects, Many Body Problem, Spatial Distribution, Two Body Problem
Scientific paper
The times of merger (due to mutual gravitational interaction) and disruption (by the tidal field of the LMC and by passing Giant Molecular Clouds-GMCs) of binary star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud are computed as a function of the separation of the components. As expected, close pairs merge while wide pairs are disrupted mainly by the tidal field, the effect of the GMCs being small. The total effect of the three processes shows that the lifetime of binary clusters varies from about one million yr to a maximum of about 4 x 10 to the 7th yr, consistent with the ages known for some of them.
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