Star cluster ecology -- IV. Dissection of an open star cluster: photometry

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Simon Portegies Zwart · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stephen L. W. McMillan · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Junichiro Makino · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The evolution of star clusters is studied using N-body simulations in which the evolution of single stars and binaries is taken self-consistently into account. Initial conditions are chosen to represent relatively young Galactic open clusters, such as the Pleiades, Praesepe and the Hyades. The calculations include a realistic mass function, primordial binaries and the external potential of the parent Galaxy.

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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

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Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volume 321, Issue 2, pp. 199-226

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.03976.x

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