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Star Formation in Large N Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

C.J. Clarke
C.J. Clarke*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, U.K., CB3 OHA

Abstract

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We focus here on the gas dynamics of cluster formation and the early stellar dynamical evolution of young clusters. We point out that the condition that a cloud can fragment into a large number of pieces places rather particular constraints on its initial state; we also review the processes that shape the stellar IMF in cluster formation simulations. We show how N-body calculations and observations can be combined to discover the properties of clusters at the point at which they first become stellar dynamical (as opposed to gas dynamical systems). Finally, we touch on the question of how proto-cluster clouds are assembled and reopen the issue of whether dark matter may play a role in globular cluster formation.

Type
Part 4. Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: Theory and Observation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 489 - 498
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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