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2018ApJ...863..171S - Astrophys. J., 863, 171-171 (2018/August-3)

The long-term evolution of star clusters formed with a centrally peaked star formation efficiency profile.

SHUKIRGALIYEV B., PARMENTIER G., JUST A. and BERCZIK P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have studied the long-term evolution of star clusters of the solar neighborhood, starting from their birth in gaseous clumps until their complete dissolution in the Galactic tidal field. We have combined the "local-density-driven cluster formation model" of Parmentier & Pfalzner with direct N-body simulations of clusters following instantaneous gas expulsion. We have studied the relation between cluster dissolution time, tdis, and cluster "initial" mass, Minit, defined as the cluster mass at the end of the dynamical response to gas expulsion (i.e., violent relaxation), when the cluster age is 20-30 Myr. We consider the "initial" mass to be consistent with other works that neglect violent relaxation. The model clusters formed with a high star formation efficiency (SFE, i.e., gas mass fraction converted into stars) follow a tight mass-dependent relation, in agreement with previous theoretical studies. However, the low-SFE models present a large scatter in both the "initial" mass and the dissolution time, a shallower mass-dependent relation than high-SFE clusters, and most dissolve within 1 Gyr (cluster teenage mortality). Both groups differ in their structural properties on average. Combining two populations of clusters, high- and low-SFE ones, with domination of the latter, yields a cluster dissolution time for the solar neighborhood in agreement with that inferred from observations, without any additional destructive processes such as giant molecular cloud encounters. An apparent mass-independent relation may emerge for our low-SFE clusters when we neglect low-mass clusters (as expected for extragalactic observations), although more simulations are needed to investigate this aspect.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: star clusters: general - methods: numerical - open clusters and associations: general - solar neighborhood - stars: kinematics and dynamics

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