A simple two-component description of mass segregation for anisotropic globular clusters
Contributo in Atti di convegno
Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
A simple two-component description of mass segregation for anisotropic globular clusters / S. Torniamenti, G. Bertin, P. Bianchini (PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION). - In: Star Clusters: From the Milky Way to the Early Universe / [a cura di] A. Bragaglia, M.B. Davies, A. Sills, E. Vesperini. - [s.l] : International Astronomical Union, Cambridge University Press, 2020. - pp. 528-531 (( Intervento presentato al IAU Symposium No. 351. convegno Star Clusters: From the Milky Way to the Early Universe tenutosi a Bologna nel 2019 [10.1017/S1743921319006707].
Abstract:
As a result of the slow action of two-body encounters, globular clusters develop mass segregation and attain a condition of only partial energy equipartition even in their central, most relaxed regions. Realistic numerical simulations show that, during the process, a radially-biased anisotropy profile slowly builds up, mimicking that resulting from incomplete violent relaxation. Commonly used dynamical models, such as the one-component King models, cannot describe these properties. Here we show that simple two-component models based on a distribution function originally conceived to describe elliptical galaxies, recently truncated and adapted to the context of globular clusters, can describe in detail what is observed in complex and realistic numerical simulations.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Elenco autori:
S. Torniamenti, G. Bertin, P. Bianchini
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Titolo del libro:
Star Clusters: From the Milky Way to the Early Universe