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Dynamical Evolution of Rich Star Clusters in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Mark I. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
Gerard F. Gilmore
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
Jarrod Hurley
Affiliation:
American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

Abstract

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We combine the results of a large HST study of rich LMC clusters with state of the art N-body simulations. We summarise recent highlights from our project: the estimation of age spreads in young LMC clusters, the measurement of the binary fraction of NGC1818, and the determination of deep cluster luminosity functions (LF). We also present preliminary results from an investigation of the core radius versus age relation evident among LMC clusters.

Type
Part 4. Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: Theory and Observation
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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