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most citedCompact Binaries in Star Clusters I - Black Hole Binaries Inside Globular Clusters

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astro-ph.GA2026

The evolution of high-z proto-star clusters into local globular clusters

A. Della Croce, E. Vesperini, R. Pascale +4

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected numerous massive and relatively compact stellar clumps around proto-galaxies at high redshift (z>0.5). Their properties suggest that…

astro-ph.GA2026

Massive star clusters detected by JWST as natural birth places to form intermediate-mass black holes

Dominik R. G. Schleicher, Matías Liempi, Mirek Giersz +11

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected, through gravitational lensing, several young massive star clusters (YMCs), which are considered as relevant building blocks of h…

astro-ph.HE2026

Distance Estimation and Sky Localization of Eccentric Double White Dwarf Binaries from Gravitational Wave Observations inside Globular Clusters

Yuetong Zhao, L. Hellström, Siqi Zhang +7

The cosmic distance scale is built on multiple different techniques for estimating distances in space that are often connected and dependent on multiple measurements and assumption…

astro-ph.GA2026

Is the overconcentration of pristine populations in Galactic globular clusters real? An N-body approach to the problem

P. Berczik, O. Sobodar, F. Flammini Dotti +5

Recent observations indicate that in some Milky Way globular clusters (GCs) pristine red giant branch (RGB) stars appear more centrally concentrated than enriched ones. This contra…

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★ 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.GA2025★ 16 cited

Rapid formation of a very massive star >50000 and subsequently an IMBH from runaway collisions. Direct N-body and Monte Carlo simulations of dense star clusters

Marcelo C. Vergara, Abbas Askar, Albrecht W. H. Kamlah +15

Context. We present simulations of a massive young star cluster using \textsc{Nbody6++GPU} and \textsc{MOCCA}. The cluster is initially more compact than previously published model…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 10 cited

Energy equipartition in multiple-population globular clusters

A. R. Livernois, F. I. Aros, E. Vesperini +7

We present the results of Monte Carlo simulations aimed at exploring the evolution towards energy equipartition of first- (1G) and second-generation (2G) stars in multiple-populati…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Dragon-II simulations -- II. Formation mechanisms, mass, and spin of intermediate-mass black holes in star clusters with up to 1 million stars

Manuel Arca Sedda, Albrecht W. H. Kamlah, Rainer Spurzem +4

The processes that govern the formation of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) in dense stellar clusters are still unclear. Here, we discuss the role of stellar mergers, star-BH…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

The Dragon-II simulations -- I. Evolution of single and binary compact objects in star clusters with up to 1 million stars

Manuel Arca Sedda, Albrecht W. H. Kamlah, Rainer Spurzem +7

We present the first results of the \textsc{Dragon-II} simulations, a suite of 19 -body simulations of star clusters with up to stars, with up to of them initially…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1 cited

MOCCA-SURVEY Database I: Dissolution of tidally filling star clusters harboring black hole subsystem

Mirek Giersz, Abbas Askar, Long Wang +3

We investigate the dissolution process of star clusters embedded in an external tidal field and harboring a subsystem of stellar-mass black hole. For this purpose we analyzed the M…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 56 cited

MOCCA Survey Database I: Dissolution of tidally filling star clusters harbouring BH subsystems

Mirek Giersz, Abbas Askar, Long Wang +3

We investigate the dissolution process for dynamically evolving star clusters embedded in an external tidal field by exploring the MOCCA Survey Database I, with focus on the presen…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 65 cited

Compact Binaries in Star Clusters II - Escapers and Detection Rates

J. M. B. Downing, M. J. Benacquista, M. Giersz +1

We use a self-consistent Monte Carlo treatment of stellar dynamics to investigate black hole binaries that are dynamically ejected from globular clusters to determine if they will…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 197 cited

Compact Binaries in Star Clusters I - Black Hole Binaries Inside Globular Clusters

J. M. B. Downing, M. J. Benacquista, M. Giersz +1

We study the compact binary population in star clusters, focusing on binaries containing black holes, using a self-consistent Monte Carlo treatment of dynamics and full stellar evo…

astro-ph2006★ 159 cited

Dynamics of Planetary Systems in Star Clusters

R. Spurzem, M. Giersz, D. C. Heggie +1

At least 10-15% of nearby sun-like stars have known Jupiter-mass planets. In contrast, very few planets are found in mature open and globular clusters such as the Hyades and 47 Tuc…

astro-ph1999★ 59 cited

A stochastic Monte Carlo approach to model real star cluster evolution, II. Self-consistent models and primordial binaries

M. Giersz, R. Spurzem

The new approach outlined in Paper I (Spurzem \& Giersz 1996) to follow the individual formation and evolution of binaries in an evolving, equal point-mass star cluster is extended…