On the structure of tidal tails |
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| Authors: | Andreas H. W. Kü pper,rew Macleod, Douglas C. Heggie |
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| Affiliation: | Argelander Institute for Astronomy (AIfA), Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany;University of Edinburgh, School of Physics, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ;University of Edinburgh, School of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ |
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| Abstract: | We examine the longitudinal distribution of the stars escaping from a cluster along tidal tails. Using both theory and simulations, we show that, even in the case of a star cluster in a circular galactic orbit, when the tide is steady, the distribution exhibits maxima at a distance of many tidal radii from the cluster. |
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| Keywords: | methods: analytical methods: N-body simulations galaxies: kinematics and dynamics galaxies: star clusters |
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