3 papers
astro-ph.GA2025
Massive star cluster formation III. Early mass segregation during cluster assembly
Brooke Polak, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Ralf S. Klessen +6
Mass segregation is seen in many star clusters, but whether massive stars form in the center of a cluster or migrate there dynamically is still debated. N-body simulations have sho…
astro-ph.GA2025
Massive star cluster formation II. Runaway stars as fossils of sub-cluster mergers
Brooke Polak, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Ralf S. Klessen +6
Two main mechanisms have classically been proposed for the formation of runaway stars. In the binary supernova scenario (BSS), a massive star in a binary explodes as a supernova, e…
astro-ph.GA2025
Massive star cluster formation I. High star formation efficiency while resolving feedback of individual stars
Brooke Polak, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Ralf S. Klessen +11
The mode of star formation that results in the formation of globular clusters and young massive clusters is difficult to constrain through observations. We present models of massiv…