1997/01/09 by Simon F. Portegies Zwart, Zwart, Simon F. Portegies, Piet Hut +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9701042
14 pages including 7 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
arxiv created 1997/01/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Star clusters with a high central density contain an ecological network of evolving binaries, affected by interactions with passing stars, while in turn affecting the energy budget of the cluster as a whole by giving off binding energy. This is the first paper in a series aimed at providing the tools for increasingly realistic simulations of these ecological networks.