[HTML][HTML] Unbound young stellar systems: star formation on the loose

DA Gouliermis - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Unbound young stellar systems, the loose ensembles of physically related young bright
stars, trace the typical regions of recent star formation in galaxies. Their morphologies vary …

3D morphology of open clusters in the solar neighborhood with Gaia EDR 3: its relation to cluster dynamics

X Pang, Y Li, Z Yu, SY Tang, F Dinnbier… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the 3D morphology and kinematics of 13 open clusters (OCs) located within 500
pc of the Sun, using Gaia EDR 3 and kinematic data from the literature. Members of OCs are …

The hierarchical distribution of the young stellar clusters in six local star-forming galaxies

K Grasha, D Calzetti, A Adamo, H Kim… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a study of the hierarchical clustering of the young stellar clusters in six local (3–
15 Mpc) star-forming galaxies using Hubble Space Telescope broadband WFC3/UVIS UV …

Ultra-diffuse galaxies without dark matter

J Silk - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT I develop a high-velocity galaxy collision model to explain a rare but puzzling
phenomenon, namely the apparent existence of ultra-diffuse galaxies with little dark matter …

A catalog of newly identified star clusters in Gaia DR2

L Liu, X Pang - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the Star cluster Hunting Pipeline (SHiP) that can identify star clusters in Gaia
second data release (DR2) data and establish a star cluster catalog for the Galactic disk. A …

A semi-analytic dynamical friction model for cored galaxies

JA Petts, JI Read, A Gualandris - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present a dynamical friction model based on Chandrasekhar's formula that reproduces
the fast inspiral and stalling experienced by satellites orbiting galaxies with a large constant …

An Ongoing Tidal Capture in the Large Magellanic Cloud: The Low-mass Star Cluster KMK 88-10 Captured by the Massive Globular Cluster NGC 1835?

C Giusti, M Cadelano, FR Ferraro… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In the context of a project aimed at characterizing the dynamical evolution of old globular
clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud, we have secured deep HST/WFC3 images of the …

Disruption of hierarchical clustering in the Vela OB2 complex and the cluster pair Collinder 135 and UBC 7 with Gaia EDR3: Evidence of supernova quenching

X Pang, Z Yu, SY Tang, J Hong, Z Yuan… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We identify hierarchical structures in the Vela OB2 complex and the cluster pair Collinder
135 and UBC 7 with Gaia EDR3 using the neural network machine-learning algorithm …

Constraining the initial conditions of NGC 2264 using ejected stars found in Gaia DR2

C Schoettler, RJ Parker… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fast, ejected stars have been found around several young star-forming regions, such as the
Orion Nebula Cluster. These ejected stars can be used to constrain the initial density, spatial …

Investigating Galactic binary cluster candidates with Gaia EDR3

MS Angelo, JFC Santos Jr, FFS Maia… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A number of stellar open cluster (OC) pairs in the Milky Way occupy similar
positions in the phase space (coordinates, parallax, and proper motions) and therefore may …