2 papers
astro-ph.SR2018
Constraints on blue straggler formation mechanisms in Galactic globular clusters from proper motion velocity distributions
N. W. C. Leigh, T. Panurach, M. Simunovic +10
For a sample of 38 Galactic globular clusters (GCs), we confront the observed distributions of blue straggler (BS) proper motions and masses (derived from isochrone fitting) from t…
astro-ph.SR2018
When do star clusters become multiple star systems? II. Toward a half-life formalism with four bodies
Timur Ibragimov, Nathan W. C. Leigh, Taeho Ryu +2
We present a half-life formalism for describing the disruption of gravitationally-bound few-body systems, with a focus on binary-binary scattering. For negative total encounter ene…