2015/03/16 by Florent Renaud, Mark Gieles · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Accretion (finance) #Adiabatic process #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Cluster (spacecraft) #Dark matter #Galactic halo #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy cluster #Galaxy formation and evolution #Globular cluster #Halo #Physics #Star cluster #Star formation #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnras/stv594
MNRAS accepted
arxiv created 2015/03/16 · openalex publication_date 2015/04/02 · arxiv updated 2015/06/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
The growth of galaxies through adiabatic accretion of dark matter is one of the main drivers of galaxy evolution. By isolating it from other processes such as mergers, we analyse how it affects the evolution of star clusters. Our study comprises a fast and approximate exploration of the orbital and intrinsic cluster parameter space, and more detailed monitoring of their evolution, through N-body simulations for a handful of cases. We find that the properties of present-day star clusters and their tidal tails differ very little, whether the clusters are embedded in a growing galactic halo for 12 Gyr, or in a static one.