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The MODEST questions: Challenges and future directions in stellar cluster research

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Author

  • Melvyn B Davies
  • P. Amaro-Seoane
  • C. Bassa
  • J. Dale
  • F. de Angeli
  • M. Freitag
  • P. Kroupa
  • D. Mackey
  • M.C. Miller
  • S. Portegies Zwart

Summary, in English

We present a review of some of the current major challenges in stellar cluster research, including young clusters, globular clusters, and galactic nuclei. Topics considered include: primordial mass segregation and runaway mergers, expulsion of gas from clusters, the production of stellar exotica seen in some clusters (e.g., blue stragglers and extreme horizontal-branch stars), binary populations within clusters, the black-hole population within stellar clusters, the final parsec problem, stellar dynamics around a massive black hole, and stellar collisions. The Modest Questions posed here are the outcome of discussions which took place at the Modest-6A workshop held in Lund, Sweden, in December, 2005. Modest-6A was organised as part of the activities of the Modest Collaboration (see www.manybody.org for further details).

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

201-214

Publication/Series

New Astronomy

Volume

12

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Keywords

  • open clusters and associations : general
  • galaxy : centre
  • methods : numerical
  • globular clusters : general

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1384-1092