Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-01-03
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 351 (2004) 473
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, submitted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07709.x
We have modeled in detail the evolution of rich open star clusters such as the Pleiades, Praesepe and Hyades, using simulations that include stellar dynamics as well as the effects of stellar evolution. The dynamics is modeled via direct N-body integration, while the evolution of single stars and binaries is followed through the use of fitting formulae and recipes. The feedback of stellar and binary evolution on the dynamical evolution of the stellar system is taken into account self-consistently. Our model clusters dissolve in the tidal field of the Galaxy in a time span on the order of a billion years. The rate of mass loss is rather constant, about 1Msun per million years. The binary fraction at first is nearly constant in time, then increases slowly near the end of a cluster's lifetime. For clusters which are more than about 100 million years old the fractions of stars in the form of binaries, giants and collision products in the inner few core radii are considerably higher than in the outer regions, beyond the cluster's half mass radius. When stars with masses >2Msun escape from the cluster, they tend to do so with velocities higher than average....
Hut Piet
Makino Jun
McMillan Steve
Portegies Zwart Simon
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