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Young Massive Star Clusters [PDF]
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010 Young massive clusters (YMCs) are dense aggregates of young stars that form the fundamental building blocks of galaxies. Several examples exist in the Milky Way Galaxy and the Local Group, but they are particularly abundant in starburst and interacting galaxies.
Simon Portegies Zwart, M Gieles
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Young and intermediate-age massive star clusters [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, 2010 An overview of our current understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters is given, with the main emphasis on high-mass clusters. Clusters form deeply embedded within dense clouds of molecular gas. Left-over gas is cleared within a few million years and, depending on the efficiency of star formation, the clusters may
Larsen, S.S., Søren S. Larsen
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Young Star Clusters: Progenitors of Globular Clusters!? [PDF]
Highlights of Astronomy, 2005 AbstractStar cluster formation is a major mode of star formation in the extreme conditions of interacting galaxies and violent starbursts. Young clusters are observed to form in a variety of such galaxies, a substantial number resembling the progenitors of globular clusters in mass and size, but with significantly enhanced metallicity.
Anders, Peter +2 more
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Radii of young star clusters in nearby galaxies [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021 ABSTRACT We measure the projected half-light radii of young star clusters in 31 galaxies from the Legacy Extragalactic UV Survey (LEGUS). We implement a custom pipeline specifically designed to be robust against contamination, which allows us to measure radii for 6097 clusters.
Gillen Brown +2 more
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Young star clusters in nearby molecular clouds [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018 Accepted for publication in MNRAS (on February 19, 2018); 30 pages, 14 figures, and 8 ...
K V Getman +5 more
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The initial properties of young star clusters in M83 [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020 ABSTRACT The initial sizes and masses of massive star clusters provide information about the cluster formation process and also determine how cluster populations are modified and destroyed, which have implications for using clusters as tracers of galaxy assembly.
Jeremy J Webb +2 more
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Dynamics of black hole–neutron star binaries in young star clusters [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020 ABSTRACT Young star clusters are likely the most common birthplace of massive stars across cosmic time and influence the formation of compact binaries in several ways. Here, we simulate the formation of black hole–neutron star binaries (BHNSs) in young star clusters, by means of the binary population synthesis code MOBSE interfaced with ...
Sara Rastello +7 more
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STAR CLUSTERS IN M31. I. A CATALOG AND A STUDY OF THE YOUNG CLUSTERS [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 2008 We present an updated catalog of 1300 objects in the field of M31, including 670 likely star clusters of various types, the rest being stars or background galaxies once thought to be clusters. The coordinates in the catalog are accurate to 02, and are based on images from the Local Group Survey (LGS) or from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS).
Caldwell, Nelson +5 more
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Young massive star clusters: achievements and challenges [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2009 AbstractIn spite of significant recent and ongoing research efforts, most of the early evolution and long-term fate of young massive star clusters remain clouded in uncertainties. Here, I discuss our understanding of the initial conditions of star cluster formation and the importance of initial substructure for the subsequent dynamical-evolution and ...
de Grijs, Richard
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The bound fraction of young star clusters [PDF]
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2017 The residual gas within newly formed star clusters is expelled through stellar feedback on timescales ~ 1 Myr. The subsequent expansion of the cluster results in an unbinding of a fraction of stars before the remaining cluster members can re-virialize and form a surviving cluster.
Sambaran Banerjee, Pavel Kroupa
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