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astro-ph2008
Survivability of a star cluster in a dispersing molecular cloud
Hui-Chen Chen, Chung-Ming Ko
Star clusters are formed in molecular clouds which are believed to be the birth places of most stars. From recent observational data, Lada & Lada 2003 estimated that only 4% to 7%…
astro-ph2007
The present day mass function in the central region of the Arches cluster
Simon Portegies Zwart, Evghenii Gaburov, Hui-Chen Chen +1
We study the evolution of the mass function in young and dense star clusters by means of direct N-body simulations. Our main aim is to explain the recent observations of the relati…
astro-ph2006
Open clusters in a dispersing molecular cloud
Hui-Chen Chen, Chung-Ming Ko
Star clusters are formed in molecular clouds which are believed to be the birth places of most stars. From recent observational data, Lada & Lada(2003) estimated that only 4 to 7%…