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模拟单个球状星团

Modelling individual globular clusters

D. C. Heggie, M. Giersz

摘要:

100多年来,天文学家一直在构建球状星团的模型。这些模型主要分为两类:(i)静态模型,如King模型及其变体;(ii)演化模型。大多数的注意力已经给予静态模型,这是用来估计质轻比和质量分离,并结合自行和径向速度的数据。已经使用气体模型、福克-普朗克模型、蒙特卡罗模型和N体模型为一些物体开发了演化模型。例如,这些模型在寻找球状星团中的大质量黑洞方面发挥了重要作用。在本报告中,与这些不同的技术相关的问题将被总结,然后我们将描述新的工作与Giersz的蒙特卡罗代码,这已被增强最近,包括恒星演化的单星和双星。我们特别描述了最近试图模拟附近的球状星团M4,包括双星的空间分布和半长轴分布的预测,以说明约12 Gyr的动力学演化的影响。我们还讨论了工作的近似方法预测的“初始”条件,这样的建模。

英文摘要:

Astronomers have constructed models of globular clusters for over 100 years. These models mainly fall into two categories: (i) static models, such as King's model and its variants, and (ii) evolutionary models. Most attention has been given to static models, which are used to estimate mass-to-light ratios and mass segregation, and to combine data from proper motions and radial velocities. Evolutionary models have been developed for a few objects using the gaseous model, the Fokker-Planck model, Monte Carlo models and N-body models. These models have had a significant role in the search for massive black holes in globular clusters, for example. In this presentation the problems associated with these various techniques will be summarised, and then we shall describe new work with Giersz's Monte Carlo code, which has been enhanced recently to include the stellar evolution of single and binary stars. We describe in particular recent attempts to model the nearby globular cluster M4, including predictions on the spatial distribution of binary stars and their semi-major axis distribution, to illustrate the effects of about 12 Gyr of dynamical evolution. We also discuss work on an approximate way of predicting the "initial" conditions for such modelling.

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