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Early dynamical evolution of star cluster systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Geneviève Parmentier
Geneviève Parmentier*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astrophysics & Geophysics, Allée du 6 Août 17, B-4000 Liège, Belgium Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany email: gparm@astro.uni-bonn.de
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Abstract

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Violent relaxation, the protocluster dynamical response to the expulsion of its residual star-forming gas, is a short albeit crucial episode in the evolution of star clusters and star cluster systems. Because it is heavily driven by cluster-formation and environmental conditions, it is a potentially highly rewarding phase in terms of probing star formation and galaxy evolution. In this contribution, I review how cluster-formation and environmental conditions affect the shape of the young cluster mass function and the relation between the present star-formation rate of galaxies and the mass of their young, most massive cluster.

Keywords

stellar dynamicsstars: formationgalaxies: star clusters
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S266: Star clusters: basic galactic building blocks throughout time and space , August 2009 , pp. 87 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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