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Dynamical evolution of star clusters in transient spiral arms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Michiko Fujii
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory Netherlands, email: fujii@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Junichi Baba
Affiliation:
Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Abstract

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Star clusters are one of fundamental building blocks of galactic disks. They form in a potential well of spiral arms and travel in the disk. We performed N-body simulation of star clusters in stellar disk with “live” spiral arms. In this simulation, both star clusters and stellar disks are modeled as N-body systems. We found that star clusters migrated in the galactic disk in a timescale of their galactic rotation. The tidal tails spread over a few kpc, but they might be detectable if we are able to measure their velocity.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015