On the Formation of Tails in the Galactic Tidal Field
The trajectories of stars of a cluster moving in the Schuster-Plummer potential on a circular orbit in the Galactic plane (Bok’s problem) are investigated. The impact of initial conditions on stellar motions, in particular on the possibility of escape of a star from the cluster, is analyzed, and num...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Open Astronomy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0213 |