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1999MNRAS.302..771J - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 302, 771-789 (1999/February-1)
Measuring mass-loss rates from Galactic satellites.
JOHNSTON K.V., SIGURDSSON S. and HERNQUIST L.
Abstract (from CDS):
We also develop and test a method for determining the mass-loss rate from a Galactic satellite using its extra-tidal population. We apply this method to observations of globular clusters and dwarf spheroidal satellites of the Milky Way, and conclude that a significant fraction of each of these satellite systems is likely to be destroyed within the next Hubble time.
Finally, we demonstrate that this mass-loss estimate allows us to place some limits on the initial mass function (IMF) of stars in a cluster from the radial dependence of its present-day mass function (PDMF).
Abstract Copyright: 1999, Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s): celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics - globular clusters: general
Simbad objects: 24
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