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20242026
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6 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Fast Dynamical Modelling of Milky Way Globular Clusters -- I. Implications for Initial Cluster Densities

Nolan Dickson, Vincent Hénault-Brunet, Fotios Fronimos Pouliasis +2

We infer the initial conditions of Milky Way (MW) globular clusters (GCs) from present-day observations, through the coupling of recently updated rapid cluster evolution models wit…

astro-ph.GA2026

cBHBd: A fast code for the evolution of tidally limited star clusters and their binary black hole mergers

Fotios Fronimos Pouliasis, Nolan Dickson, Daniel Marín Pina +3

The evolution of star clusters is driven by stellar mass loss, two-body relaxation, and evaporation in the Galactic tidal field. Fast modeling tools are crucial for exploring diver…

astro-ph.SR2025

Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM): a spectroscopic VLT monitoring survey of massive stars in the SMC

T. Shenar, J. Bodensteiner, H. Sana +74

Surveys in the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud revealed that the majority of massive stars will interact with companions during their lives. However, knowledge of the binary p…

astro-ph.SR2025

Binarity at LOw Metallicity (BLOeM): Bayesian inference of natal kicks from inert black hole binaries

R. Willcox, P. Marchant, A. Vigna-Gómez +15

Context. The emerging population of inert black hole binaries (BHBs) provides a unique opportunity to constrain black hole (BH) formation physics. These systems are composed of a s…

astro-ph.GA2025

UNIONS: The Ultraviolet Near-Infrared Optical Northern Survey

Stephen Gwyn, Alan W. McConnachie, Jean-Charles Cuillandre +86

The Ultraviolet Near-Infrared Optical Northern Survey (UNIONS) is a "collaboration of collaborations" that is using the Canada-France-Hawai'i Telescope, the Pan-STARRS telescopes,…

astro-ph.GA2024

Probing populations of dark stellar remnants in the globular clusters 47 Tuc and Terzan 5 using pulsar timing

Peter J. Smith, Vincent Hénault-Brunet, Nolan Dickson +2

We present a new method to combine multimass equilibrium dynamical models and pulsar timing data to constrain the mass distribution and remnant populations of Milky Way globular cl…