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Old 19-05-2009, 05:57 PM
Enchilada
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Stability of Star Clusters

Read this thread today.
The brief answer is that globulars don't collapse due to the significant angular momentum of the cluster and the energy the stars contain...
Yet to satisfy the curiosity I have attached some useful text I've written in a pdf file explaining the role of soft and hard core binaries within globulars and open clusters.

Hope that it is of assistance to you.

Last edited by Enchilada; 21-05-2009 at 05:57 AM. Reason: Forgot to add the pdf !!
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