Star cluster disruption by giant molecular clouds

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 793-804

  Gieles, M ^a,b,c   Portegies Zwart, S F ^b,c   Baumgardt, H ^d   Athanassoula, E ^e   Lamers, H J G L M ^a,f   Sipior, M ^b,c   Leenaarts, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^f SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galaxies: star clusters; Methods: N body simulations; Open clusters and associations: general; Solar neighbourhood

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GRAVITATION; STARS;

CLUSTER ENERGY; DISRUPTION TIME; ENERGY GAIN; FRACTIONAL ENERGY; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUDS; METHODS:N-BODY SIMULATIONS; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; STAR CLUSTERS;

VELOCITY;

EID: 33748664174     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10711.x     Document Type: Article

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