Simulation of NGC6101 with black holes (IMAGE)

University of Surrey

Simulation of NGC6101 with black holes

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This is a picture from the computer simulation of the cluster NGC 6101 at its current age, this time with all its black holes kept in the cluster at their creation time: The cluster from the simulation shows the same puffed up distribution of stars as can be found in the Hubble Space Telescope image. The black holes, being the heaviest component in the cluster, sink over the course of the clusters evolution into the cluster center, thereby pushing out every observable star into the clusters outer regions.

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University of Surrey

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