Parameters of core-collapse

Abstract

This paper considers the phenomenon of deep core collapse in collisional stellar systems, with stars of equal mass. The collapse takes place on some multiple, ${\xi }^{-1}$, of the central relaxation time, and produces a density profile in which $\rho \propto r^{-\alpha }$, where $\alpha$ is a constant. The parameters $\alpha$ and $\xi$ have usually been determined from simplified models, such as gas and Fokker-Planck models, often with the simplification of isotropy. Here we determine the parameters directly from N-body simulations carried out using the newly completed GRAPE-6.

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