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most citedDynamical mass segregation on a very short timescale

263 citations · 2.7k across the 62 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Dynamical evolution of massless particles in star clusters with NBODY6++GPU-MASSLESS: II. The long-term evolution of free-floating comets

Francesco Flammini Dotti, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, Kai Wu +5

Context. Comets, asteroids, planetesimals, free-floating planets and brown dwarfs, are continuously injected into the intra-cluster environment after expulsion from their host plan…

astro-ph.GA2025

The velocity dispersion profile of nine open clusters in the solar neighborhood

Bingqian Ma, XiaoYing Pang, Sambaran Banerjee +2

We analyze the velocity dispersion profiles of nine open clusters in the solar neighborhood using kinematic data from Gaia DR 3, aiming to identify potential dynamical signatures o…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

Evolution of star clusters with initial bulk rotation via N-body simulations

Abylay Bissekenov, Xiaoying Pang, Albrecht Kamlah +6

Young star clusters can inherit bulk rotation from the molecular clouds from which they have formed. This rotation can affect the long-term evolution of a star cluster and its cons…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

The 3D morphology of open clusters in the solar neighborhood III: Fractal dimension

Chang Qin, Xiaoying Pang, Mario Pasquato +2

We analyze the fractal dimension of open clusters using 3D spatial data from Gaia DR3 for 93 open clusters from Pang et al. (2024) and 127 open clusters from Hunt & Reffert (2024)…

astro-ph.SR2024

Dynamical evolution of massless particles in star clusters with NBODY6++GPU-MASSLESS: I. Free-floating MLPs

Francesco Flammini Dotti, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, Peter Berczik +2

Context. Low-mass bodies, such as comets, asteroids, planetesimals, and free-floating planets, are continuously injected into the intra-cluster environment after expulsion from the…

astro-ph.EP2024

Influence of planets on debris discs in star clusters -- II. The impact of stellar density

Kai Wu, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, Francesco Flammini Dotti +1

We present numerical simulations of planetary systems in star clusters with different initial stellar densities, to investigate the impact of the density on debris disc dynamics. W…