2011/07/03 by R. Capuzzo‐Dolcetta, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, Capuzzo-Dolcetta, Roberto +5 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Cluster (spacecraft) #Computer science #Galaxy #Milky Way #Operating system #Physics #Star (game theory) #Star cluster #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1107.0484
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 4 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of "Stellar Clusters and Associations - A RIA workshop on GAIA", 23-27 May 2011, Granada, Spain
arxiv created 2011/07/03 · openalex publication_date 2011/07/03 · arxiv updated 2011/07/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In the center of the Milky Way, as well as in many other galaxies, a compact star cluster around a very massive black hole is observed. One of the possible explanations for the formation of such Nuclear Star Clusters is based on the 'merging' of globular clusters in the inner galactic potential well. By mean of sophisticated N-body simulations, we checked the validity of this hypothesis and found that it may actually has been the one leading to the formation of the Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster.