Star Cluster Ecology I: A Cluster Core with Encounters between Single Stars

Authors :: Zwart, Simon F. Portegies
Hut, Piet
Verbunt, Frank
Publication Year :: 1997
Publisher :: arXiv, 1997.
Abstract: Star clusters with a high central density contain an ecological network of evolving binaries, affected by interactions with passing stars, while in turn affecting the energy budget of the cluster as a whole by giving off binding energy. This is the first paper in a series aimed at providing the tools for increasingly realistic simulations of these ecological networks.<br />Comment: 14 pages including 7 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics