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2005AJ....129.1906C - Astron. J., 129, 1906-1921 (2005/April-0)

Formation and evolution of clumpy tidal tails around globular clusters.

CAPUZZO-DOLCETTA R., DI MATTEO P. and MIOCCHI P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present some results of numerical simulations of a globular cluster orbiting in the central region of a triaxial galaxy on a set of ``loop'' orbits. Tails start forming after about a quarter of the globular cluster orbital period and develop, in most cases, along the cluster orbit, showing clumpy substructures as observed, for example, in Palomar 5. If completely detectable, clumps can contain about 7000 M each, i.e., about 10% of the cluster mass at that epoch. The morphology of tails and clumps and the kinematical properties of stars in the tails are studied and compared with available observational data. Our finding is that the stellar velocity dispersion tends to level off at large radii, in agreement with that found for M15 and ω Cen.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Kinematics and Dynamics - Galaxy: Globular Clusters: General - Methods: {em N}-Body Simulations

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