Monte Carlo simulations of star clusters - IV. Calibration of the Monte Carlo code and comparison with observations for the open cluster M67

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 429-443

  Giersz, Mirek ^a   Heggie, Douglas C ^b   Hurley, Jarrod R ^c  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Methods: numerical; Open clusters and associations: individual: M67; Stars: evolution; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LUMINANCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WHITE DWARFS;

BINARIES:GENERAL; METHOD: NUMERICAL; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; OPEN CLUSTER AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL: M67; OPEN CLUSTERS; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL; STAR CLUSTERS; STAR: EVOLUTION; STELLAR DYNAMICS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 51549117745     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13407.x     Document Type: Article

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