Milky Way Star Clusters and Gaia: A Review of the Ongoing Revolution

T Cantat-Gaudin - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
The unprecedented quality of the astrometric measurements obtained with the ESA Gaia
spacecraft have initiated a revolution in Milky Way astronomy. Studies of star clusters in …

Improving the open cluster census-II. An all-sky cluster catalogue with Gaia DR3

EL Hunt, S Reffert - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Data from the Gaia satellite are revolutionising our understanding of the Milky Way.
With every new data release, there is a need to update the census of open clusters. Aims …

Computational methods for collisional stellar systems

R Spurzem, A Kamlah - Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics, 2023 - Springer
Dense star clusters are spectacular self-gravitating stellar systems in our Galaxy and across
the Universe—in many respects. They populate disks and spheroids of galaxies as well as …

Structural parameters of 389 local open clusters

Y Tarricq, C Soubiran, L Casamiquela… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The distribution of member stars in the surroundings of an open cluster (OC) can
shed light on the process of its formation, evolution, and dissolution. The analysis of …

3D morphology of open clusters in the solar neighborhood with Gaia EDR 3. II. Hierarchical star formation revealed by spatial and kinematic substructures

X Pang, SY Tang, Y Li, Z Yu, L Wang, J Li… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We identify members of 65 open clusters in the solar neighborhood using the machine-
learning algorithm StarGO based on Gaia EDR3 data. After adding members of 20 clusters …

Early evolution and three-dimensional structure of embedded star clusters

C Cournoyer-Cloutier, A Sills, WE Harris… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We perform simulations of star cluster formation to investigate the morphological evolution of
embedded star clusters in the earliest stages of their evolution. We conduct our simulations …

A Gaia EDR3 search for tidal tails in disintegrating open clusters

S Bhattacharya, KK Rao, M Agarwal… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We carry out a search for tidal tails in a sample of open clusters with known relatively
elongated morphology. We identify the member stars of these clusters from the precise …

The impact of stellar evolution on rotating star clusters: the gravothermal-gravogyro catastrophe and the formation of a bar of black holes

AWH Kamlah, R Spurzem, P Berczik… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present results from a suite of eight direct N-body simulations, performed with nbody6++
gpu, representing realistic models of rotating star clusters with up to 1.1× 105 stars. Our …

Binary Star Evolution in Different Environments: Filamentary, Fractal, Halo, and Tidal Tail Clusters

X Pang, Y Wang, SY Tang, Y Rui, J Bai… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Using membership of 85 open clusters from previous studies based on Gaia Data Release 3
data, we identify binary candidates in the color–magnitude diagram for systems with mass …

Membership lists for 431 open clusters in Gaia DR2 using extreme deconvolution gaussian mixture models

K Jaehnig, J Bird… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Open clusters are groups of stars that form at the same time, making them an ideal
laboratory to test theories of star formation, stellar evolution, and dynamics in the Milky Way …