2011

Application of three-body stability to globular clusters: I. The stability radius

Kennedy, Gareth F.

Understand

The tidal radius is commonly determined analytically by equating the tidal field of the galaxy to the gravitational potential of the cluster.

Stars crossing this radius can move from orbiting the cluster centre to independently orbiting the galaxy.
In this paper, the stability radius of a globular cluster is estimated using a novel approach from the theoretical standpoint of the general three-body problem.
This is achieved by an analytical formula for the transition radius between stable and unstable orbits in a globular cluster.

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