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On the origin of ω Cen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2003

C. Boily ,
P. Patsis ,
S. Portegies ,
R. Spurzem ,
C. Theis ,
T. Tsuchiya ,
D. Dinescu  and
V. Korchagin
T. Tsuchiya
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany
D. Dinescu
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, Yale University, New Haven, USA Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Roumania
V. Korchagin
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, Yale University, New Haven, USA Institute of Physics, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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Abstract

A capture scenario of the origin of ω Centauri is studied numerically. We show that the most serious problem of this scenario - how to move a progenitor of ω Cen from a typical dwarf orbit to the current position of ω Cen - can be solve for a nucleated dwarf galaxy with Hernquist density profile.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 10: JENAM 2002, Galactic & Stellar Dynamics , 2003 , pp. 219
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2003

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