The evolution of the stellar mass function in star clusters

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 507, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1409-1423

  Kruijssen, J M D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: stellar content; Galaxy: globular clusters: general; Galaxy: open clusters and associations: general; Stars: kinematics; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

BASIC PRINCIPLES; BLACK HOLES; CLUSTER MASS; CLUSTER MODELS; DISRUPTION TIME; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; EFFICIENT METHOD; ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS; ESCAPE PROBABILITY; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS - GALAXIES; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; INITIAL MASS; LOW-MASS STARS; MASS LOSS RATE; MASS SEGREGATION; MASSIVE STARS; N-BODY SIMULATION; NEUTRON STARS; PARAMETER SPACES; SIMPLE PHYSICAL MODELS; STAR CLUSTERS; STELLAR DYNAMICS; STELLAR EVOLUTIONS; STELLAR MASS; WHITE DWARFS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISSOLUTION; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; KINEMATICS; SIMULATORS;

STARS;

EID: 70849134868     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913325     Document Type: Article

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