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- Davies, Melvyn B, et al.
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The MODEST questions: Challenges and future directions in stellar cluster research
- 2006
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Ingår i: New Astronomy. - : Elsevier BV. - 1384-1092 .- 1384-1076. ; 12:3, s. 201-214
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present a review of some of the current major challenges in stellar cluster research, including young clusters, globular clusters, and galactic nuclei. Topics considered include: primordial mass segregation and runaway mergers, expulsion of gas from clusters, the production of stellar exotica seen in some clusters (e.g., blue stragglers and extreme horizontal-branch stars), binary populations within clusters, the black-hole population within stellar clusters, the final parsec problem, stellar dynamics around a massive black hole, and stellar collisions. The Modest Questions posed here are the outcome of discussions which took place at the Modest-6A workshop held in Lund, Sweden, in December, 2005. Modest-6A was organised as part of the activities of the Modest Collaboration (see www.manybody.org for further details).
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