Runaway collisions in young star clusters - I. Methods and tests

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-140

  Freitag, Marc ^a,b,d   Rasio, Frederic A ^b   Baumgardt, Holger ^c  

^a ASTRONOMISCHES RECHEN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: starburst; Methods: N body simulations; Stars: formation; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; STARS;

COLLISIONAL; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GALAXIES: STARBURSTS; GALAXIES:NUCLEI; MASSIVE STARS; METHODS:N-BODY SIMULATIONS; RUNAWAY SCENARIO; STAR CLUSTERS; STARS FORMATION; STELLAR DYNAMICS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 33645821888     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10095.x     Document Type: Article

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