Nuclear star clusters

N Neumayer, A Seth, T Böker - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2020 - Springer
We review the current knowledge about nuclear star clusters (NSCs), the spectacularly
dense and massive assemblies of stars found at the centers of most galaxies. Recent …

Elves II: globular clusters and nuclear star clusters of dwarf galaxies: the importance of environment

SG Carlsten, JE Greene, RL Beaton… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the properties of the globular clusters (GCs) and nuclear star clusters (NSCs) of
low-mass (10 5.5< M⋆< 10 8.5 M⊙) early-type satellites of Milky Way–like and small group …

Dynamical friction in fuzzy dark matter: Circular orbits

R Buehler, V Desjacques - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Dynamical friction (DF) is the gravitational force experienced by a body moving in a medium
as a result of its density wake. In this work, we investigate the DF acting on circularly moving …

Eridanus II: A fossil from reionization with an off-center star cluster

JD Simon, TM Brown, A Drlica-Wagner… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry of the ultra-faint dwarf
galaxy Eridanus II (Eri II). Eri II, which has an absolute magnitude of MV=− 7.1, is located at a …

Dark matter halo cores and the tidal survival of Milky Way satellites

R Errani, JF Navarro, J Peñarrubia… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The cuspy central density profiles of cold dark matter (CDM) haloes make them highly
resilient to disruption by tides. Self-interactions between dark matter particles, or the cycling …

Assessing the Fornax globular cluster timing problem in different models of dark matter

N Bar, D Blas, K Blum, H Kim - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We investigate what the orbits of globular clusters (GCs) in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal
(dSph) galaxy can teach us about dark matter (DM). This problem was recently studied for …

Can tides explain the low dark matter density in Fornax?

A Genina, JI Read, A Fattahi… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The low dark matter density in the Fornax dwarf galaxy is often interpreted as being due to
the presence of a constant density 'core', but it could also be explained by the effects of …

[PDF][PDF] Offset of M54 from the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Z An, MG Walker, AB Pace - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present results from simultaneous modelling of 2D (projected along the line of sight)
position, proper motion, and line-of-sight velocity for Gaia-and Apache Point Observatory …

Density wakes driving dynamical friction in cored potentials

K Kaur, NC Stone - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Dynamical friction is often modelled with reasonable accuracy by the widely used
Chandrasekhar formula. However, in some circumstances, Chandrasekhar's local and …

Distinguishing Dark Matter Cusps from Cores Using Globular Clusters

S Modak, S Danieli, JE Greene - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Globular clusters (GCs) provide valuable insight into the properties of their host galaxies'
dark matter halos. Using N-body simulations incorporating semianalytic dynamical friction …