A Dynamical Origin for Early Mass Segregation in Young Star Clusters

A Dynamical Origin for Early Mass Segregation in Young Star Clusters

Some young star clusters show a degree of mass segregation that is inconsistent with the effects of standard two-body relaxation from an initially unsegregated system without substructure, in virial equilibrium, and it is unclear whether current cluster formation models can account for this degree o...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Astrophysical journal 2007-01, Vol.655 (1), p.L45-L49
Hauptverfasser: McMillan, Stephen L. W, Vesperini, Enrico, Portegies Zwart, Simon F
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description Some young star clusters show a degree of mass segregation that is inconsistent with the effects of standard two-body relaxation from an initially unsegregated system without substructure, in virial equilibrium, and it is unclear whether current cluster formation models can account for this degree of initial segregation in clusters of significant mass. In this Letter we demonstrate that mergers of small clumps that are initially mass segregated, or in which mass segregation can be produced by two-body relaxation before they merge, generically lead to larger systems that inherit the progenitor clumps' segregation. We conclude that clusters formed in this way are naturally mass segregated, accounting for the anomalous observations and suggesting that this process of prompt mass segregation due to initial clumping should be taken into account in models of cluster formation and dynamics.
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