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ω-Cen - an Ultra Compact Dwarf Galaxy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2003

M. Fellhauer
Affiliation:
Inst. Theor. Phys. & Astrophys., University of Kiel, Germany School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK UCO/Lick-Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
P. Kroupa
Affiliation:
Inst. Theor. Phys. & Astrophys., University of Kiel, Germany School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK UCO/Lick-Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
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Abstract

We study the merging of star clusters out of cluster aggregates similar to Knot S in the Antennae on orbits close to the one of ω Cen by carrying out high resolution numerical N-body simulations. We want to constrain the parameter space which is able to produce merger objects with similar properties as ω Cen.

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Research Article
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2003

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