TIDAL EVOLUTION OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: THE EFFECTS OF GALACTIC TIDAL FIELD, DIFFUSION AND BLACK HOLES

  • OH KAP SOO (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Chungnam National University)
  • Published : 1994.04.01

Abstract

We investigate the dynamical evolution of globular clusters under the diffusion, the Galactic tide, and the presence of halo black holes. We compare the results with our previous work which considers the diffusion processes and the Galactic tide. We find the followings: (1) The black holes contribute the expansion of the outer part of the cluster. (2) There is no evidence for dependence on the orbital phase of the cluster as in our previous work. (3) The models of linear and Gaussian velocity distribution for the halo black holes do not show any significant differences in all cases. (4) The perturbation of black holes reduces the number of stars in lower energy regions. (5) There is a significant number of stars with retrograde orbits beyond the cutoff radius especially in the case of diffusion and the perturbation of black holes.

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