The Lifetimes of Star Clusters Born with a Top-heavy IMF

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abbfb0" target="_blank" >10.3847/1538-4357/abbfb0</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Lifetimes of Star Clusters Born with a Top-heavy IMF

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Several observational and theoretical indications suggest that the initial mass function (IMF) becomes increasingly top-heavy (i.e., overabundant in high-mass stars with mass m &gt; 1M(circle dot)) with decreasing metallicity and increasing gas density of the forming object. This affects the evolution of globular clusters (GCs) owing to the different massloss rates and the number of black holes formed. Previous numerical modeling of GCs usually assumed an invariant canonical IMF. Using the state-of-the-art NBODY6 code, we perform a comprehensive series of direct Nbody simulations to study the evolution of star clusters, starting with a top-heavy IMF and undergoing early gas expulsion. Utilizing the embedded cluster mass-radius relation of Marks &amp; Kroupa for initializing the models, and by varying the degree of top-heaviness, we calculate the minimum cluster mass needed for the cluster to survive longer than 12 Gyr. We document how the evolution of different characteristics of star clusters such as the total mass, the final size, the density, the mass-to-light ratio, the population of stellar remnants, and the survival of GCs is influenced by the degree of top-heaviness. We find that the lifetimes of clusters with different IMFs moving on the same orbit are proportional to the relaxation time to a power of x that is in the range of 0.8-1. The observed correlation between concentration and the mass function slope in Galactic GCs can be accounted for excellently in models starting with a top-heavy IMF and undergoing an early phase of rapid gas expulsion.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Lifetimes of Star Clusters Born with a Top-heavy IMF

Popis výsledku anglicky

Several observational and theoretical indications suggest that the initial mass function (IMF) becomes increasingly top-heavy (i.e., overabundant in high-mass stars with mass m &gt; 1M(circle dot)) with decreasing metallicity and increasing gas density of the forming object. This affects the evolution of globular clusters (GCs) owing to the different massloss rates and the number of black holes formed. Previous numerical modeling of GCs usually assumed an invariant canonical IMF. Using the state-of-the-art NBODY6 code, we perform a comprehensive series of direct Nbody simulations to study the evolution of star clusters, starting with a top-heavy IMF and undergoing early gas expulsion. Utilizing the embedded cluster mass-radius relation of Marks &amp; Kroupa for initializing the models, and by varying the degree of top-heaviness, we calculate the minimum cluster mass needed for the cluster to survive longer than 12 Gyr. We document how the evolution of different characteristics of star clusters such as the total mass, the final size, the density, the mass-to-light ratio, the population of stellar remnants, and the survival of GCs is influenced by the degree of top-heaviness. We find that the lifetimes of clusters with different IMFs moving on the same orbit are proportional to the relaxation time to a power of x that is in the range of 0.8-1. The observed correlation between concentration and the mass function slope in Galactic GCs can be accounted for excellently in models starting with a top-heavy IMF and undergoing an early phase of rapid gas expulsion.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Astrophysical Journal

ISSN

0004-637X

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

904

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

43

Kód UT WoS článku

000591066400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85096780251