{
  "id": "2207.01634",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2022-07-04T18:00:03.000Z",
  "updated": "2022-07-04T18:00:03.000Z",
  "title": "Environmental Effects on the Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters in Turbulent Molecular Clouds",
  "authors": [
    "Paolo Suin",
    "Steven N. Shore",
    "Václav Pavlík"
  ],
  "comment": "9 pages, 2 appendices, 4 tables, 6 figures, accepted for publication to A&A",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.GA"
  ],
  "abstract": "Context: Star clusters form within giant molecular clouds that are strongly altered by the feedback action of the massive stars, but the cluster still remains embedded in a dense, highly turbulent medium and interactions with ambient structures may modify its dynamical evolution from that expected if it were isolated. Aims: We aim to study coupling mechanisms between the dynamical evolution of the cluster, accelerated by the mass segregation process, with harassment effects caused by the gaseous environment. Methods: We simulated the cluster dynamical evolution combining $N$-body and hydrodynamic codes within the Astronomical Multipurpose Software Environment (AMUSE). Conclusions: Tidal harassment produces a sparser configuration more rapidly than the isolated reference simulations. The evolution of the asymptotic power-law density distribution exponent also shows substantially different behaviour in the two cases. The background is more effective on clusters in advanced stages of dynamical development.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2022-07-04T18:00:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "dynamical evolution",
      "turbulent molecular clouds",
      "star clusters",
      "environmental effects",
      "asymptotic power-law density distribution exponent"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 9,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}