We present the results of detailed N-body simulations of clusters moving in a realistic Milky Way potential. The strong interaction with the bulge and the disk of the Galaxy leads to the formation of tidal tails, emanating from opposite sides of the cluster. Their orientation and morphology may be interpreted easily in terms of a comoving frame of coordinates.
Tidal tails around globular clusters / M., Montuori; CAPUZZO DOLCETTA, Roberto Angelo; DI MATTEO, Paola; Miocchi, Paolo. - STAMPA. - 390:(2008), pp. 394-395. (Intervento presentato al convegno Pathways through an eclectic univers tenutosi a Tenerife, Canarie, Spagna nel April, 23-27, 2007).
Tidal tails around globular clusters
CAPUZZO DOLCETTA, Roberto Angelo
;DI MATTEO, PAOLA;MIOCCHI, PAOLO
2008
Abstract
We present the results of detailed N-body simulations of clusters moving in a realistic Milky Way potential. The strong interaction with the bulge and the disk of the Galaxy leads to the formation of tidal tails, emanating from opposite sides of the cluster. Their orientation and morphology may be interpreted easily in terms of a comoving frame of coordinates.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
