Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters - Confrontation of Theory and Observations / Edition 1

by Piet Hut, Junichiro Makino

Overview

This volume reviews recent progress in the study of dynamics of star clusters. The meeting focused on the enormous progress of both the observation and the theoretical modeling of star clusters. New results from the refurbished Hubble Space Telescope (HST) include the mass function down to the hydrogen burning limits, white dwarf sequence, and central density profiles of ‘post-collapse' clusters by star counts. On the theoretical side, this symposium saw the first direct evidence of gravothermal oscillation through N-body simulation, which was made possible by GRAPE-4, the dedicated special-purpose computer for N-body simulation. Numerical techniques to combine stellar evolution and dynamical evolution of the cluster were presented.
The book will be of primary interest to astrophysicists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792340706
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	06/30/1996
Series:	International Astronomical Union Symposia , #174
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	406
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.03(d)

Editorial Reviews

Proceedings of the August 1995 symposium, reviewing recent progress on the observation and theoretical modeling of star clusters. Contains sections on new observations with the Hubble space telescope; models of stellar dynamics; large N-body simulation; x-ray and compact objects in globular clusters; galactic connection and environmental effect; observations of star clusters; and stellar evolution in star clusters. Topics include the retention of globular cluster neutron stars, energy exchange between different masses in an expanding gravitating system, and GRAPE-SPH simulations of the chemodynamical evolution of dwarf galaxies. For astrophysicists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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