The star cluster survivability after gas expulsion is independent of the impact of the Galactic tidal field

Abstract

We study the impact of the tidal field on the survivability of star clusters following instantaneous gas expulsion. Our model clusters are formed with a centrally-peaked star-formation efficiency profile as a result of star-formation taking place with a constant efficiency per free-fall time. We define the impact of the tidal field as the ratio of the cluster half-mass radius to its Jacobi radius immediately after gas expulsion, $\lambda =r_h/R_J$. We vary $\lambda$ by varying either the Galactocentric distance, or the size (hence volume density) of star clusters. We propose a new method to measure the violent relaxation duration, in which we compare the total mass-loss rate of star clusters with their stellar evolutionary mass-loss rate. That way, we can robustly estimate the bound mass fraction of our model clusters at the end of violent relaxation. The duration of violent relaxation correlates linearly with the Jacobi radius, when considering identical clusters at different Galactocentric distances. In contrast, it is nearly constant for the solar neighbourhood clusters, slightly decreasing with $\lambda$. The violent relaxation does not last longer than 50 Myr in our simulations. Identical model clusters placed at different Galactocentric distances have the same final bound fraction, despite experiencing different impacts of the tidal field. The solar neighbourhood clusters with different densities experience only limited variations of their final bound fraction. In general, we conclude that the cluster survivability after instantaneous gas expulsion, as measured by their bound mass fraction at the end of violent relaxation, $F_{bound}$, is independent of the impact of the tidal field, $\lambda$.

arXiv commentaccepted for publication in MNRAS, 8 pages, 5 figures,3 tables

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