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 …

Globular clusters are large and dense agglomerate of stars. At variance with smaller clusters
of stars, they exhibit signs of some chemical evolution. At least for this reason, they are …

We have determined masses, stellar mass functions, and structural parameters of 112 Milky
Way globular clusters by fitting a large set of N-body simulations to their velocity dispersion …

The stellar masses, mean ages, metallicities, and star formation histories of galaxies are
now commonly estimated via stellar population synthesis (SPS) techniques. SPS relies on …

Introducing the dragon simulation project, we present direct N-body simulations of four
massive globular clusters (GCs) with 106 stars and 5 per cent primordial binaries at a high …

Context. The fraction of binary stars is an important ingredient to interpret globular cluster
dynamical evolution and their stellar population. Aims. We investigate the properties of main …

We have determined the masses and mass-to-light ratios of 50 Galactic globular clusters by
comparing their velocity dispersion and surface brightness profiles against a large grid of …

Young dense massive star clusters are promising environments for the formation of
intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs) through collisions. We present a set of 80 …

Globular star clusters that formed at the same cosmic time may have evolved rather
differently from the dynamical point of view (because that evolution depends on the internal …

Blue straggler stars (BSSs) are stars observed to be hotter and bluer than other stars with
the same luminosity in their environment. As such they appear to be much younger than the …