Truncation of the Binary Distribution Function in Globular Cluster Formation

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1995-10-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9510135v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

37 pages, LaTeX, 12 compressed postscript figures, accepted by The Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/176802

We investigate a population of primordial binaries during the initial stage of evolution of a star cluster. For our calculations we assume that equal mass stars form rapidly in a tidally truncated gas cloud, that $\sim10$\% of the stars are in binaries and that the resulting star cluster undergoes an epoch of violent relaxation. We study the collisional interaction of the binaries and single stars, in particular, the ionization of the binaries and the energy exchange between binaries and single stars. We find that for large $N$ systems ($N > 10^3$) even the most violent beginning leaves the binary distribution function largely intact. Hence, the binding energy originally tied up in the cloud's protostellar pairs is preserved during the relaxation process and the binaries are available to interact at later times within the virialized cluster.

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