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孤立星系中星团系统的演化:直接$N$体模拟的第一个结果

Evolution of star cluster systems in isolated galaxies: first results from direct $N$-body simulations

L. J. Rossi, K. Bekki, J. R. Hurley

摘要:

星团的演化在很大程度上受到宿主星系产生的潮汐场的影响。因此,在原则上预计,在一个“普遍的”初始集群质量函数的假设下,演化的星团系统的质量函数的属性应该显示出依赖于银河系环境的属性,他们演变。为了探索这种期望,需要一个复杂的潮汐场模型,以研究现实星系中星团系统的演化。沿着这些路线,在目前的工作中,我们首先描述了耦合$N$体模拟星系和星团的方法。然后,我们生成一个数据库的星系模型沿哈勃序列和校准演化方程的直接$N$体模拟的星团的结果,以预测集群的质量演化作为银河系环境的功能。最后,我们应用我们的方法来探索演化的“通用”初始集群质量函数的属性和任何依赖于宿主星系的形态和质量分布。初步结果表明,初始的幂律分布的质量“普遍”演变成对数正态分布,与恒星质量和恒星质量密度密度的主星系的属性。

英文摘要:

The evolution of star clusters is largely affected by the tidal field generated by the host galaxy. It is thus in principle expected that under the assumption of an "universal" initial cluster mass function the properties of the evolved present-day mass function of star cluster systems should show a dependency on the properties of the galactic environment in which they evolve. To explore this expectation a sophisticated model of the tidal field is required in order to study the evolution of star cluster systems in realistic galaxies. Along these lines, in the present work we first describe a method developed for coupling $N$-body simulations of galaxies and star clusters. We then generate a database of galaxy models along the Hubble sequence and calibrate evolutionary equations to the results of direct $N$-body simulations of star clusters in order to predict the clusters' mass evolution as function of the galactic environment. We finally apply our methods to explore the properties of evolved "universal" initial cluster mass functions and any dependence on the host galaxy morphology and mass distribution. The preliminary results show that an initial power-law distribution of the masses "universally" evolves into a log-normal distribution, with the properties correlated with the stellar mass and stellar mass density density of the host galaxy.

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