On the dynamical evolution of globular clusters

Abstract

This paper is an English translation of Michel Hénon's thesis, "Sur l'évolution dynamique des amas globulaires" originally published in French in the Annales d'Astrophysique, Vol. 24, p.369 (1961).

Originally published in 1961. 44 pages, 23 figures

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