The Relation Between the Globular Cluster Mass and Luminosity Functions (2009)
Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik, Zwart, Simon F. Portegies
The relation between the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF, dN/dlogL) and globular cluster mass function (GCMF, dN/dlogM) is considered. Due to low-mass star depletion, dissolving GCs have...
The Mass-to-Light Ratios of Galactic Globular Clusters (2009)
Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik, Mieske, Steffen
The observed mass-to-light (M/L) ratios of globular clusters (GCs) are on average ~20% lower than expected from Simple Stellar Population (SSP) models, which only account for the effects of stellar...
The evolution of the stellar mass function in star clusters (2009)
(Abridged) The dynamical ejection of stars from star clusters affects the shape of the stellar mass function (MF) in these clusters, because the escape probability of a star depends on its mass. The...
On the Interpretation of the Globular Cluster Luminosity Function (2009)
Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik, Zwart, Simon F. Portegies
The conversion of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF, dN/dlogL) to the globular cluster mass function (GCMF, dN/dlogM) is addressed. Dissolving globular clusters (GCs) become...
Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik, Mieske, Steffen
The observed dynamical mass-to-light (M/L) ratios of globular clusters (GCs) are systematically lower than those expected from `canonical' simple stellar population models, which do not account for...
To obtain an accurate description of broad-band photometric star cluster evolution, certain effects should be accounted for, such as the preferential loss of low-mass stars and the retain of stellar...
Explaining the mass-to-light ratios of globular clusters (2008)
The majority of observed mass-to-light ratios of globular clusters are too low to be explained by `canonical' cluster models, in which dynamical effects are not accounted for. Moreover, these models...
Differences between the inferred star formation histories (SFHs) of star clusters and field stars seem to suggest distinct star formation processes for the two. The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an...