The role of three-body stability in tidally interacting globular clusters
Abstract
The role of stability in the general three-body problem is investigated with regard to the tidal radius of a globular cluster (GC) in a galactic potential. This proceedings is a summary of two papers which outline the stability method (Kennedy 2014a) and compare the predicted stability boundary radius to observations of velocity dispersion profiles in Milky Way GCs (Kennedy 2014b).
- Publication:
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Star Clusters and Black Holes in Galaxies across Cosmic Time
- Pub Date:
- February 2016
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUS..312..231K
- Keywords:
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- gravitation;
- stellar dynamics;
- methods: analytical;
- stars: kinematics;
- globular clusters: general