Clumpy substructures in globular cluster tidal tails (Q1776104)

The observational evidence of the interaction of globular clusters with the galactic tidal field is rapidly growing in the recent years. Some numerical works have investigated the complex phenomena related to the formation and evolution of clusters tidal tails and their orientation along the cluster orbit. The dynamical evolution of a globular cluster moving in a realistic galactic model (Schwarzschild model) was simulated by the \(N\)-body problem mutually interacting via the newtonian force. The external galactic field was presented by the Schwarzschild model which refers to a non-rotating self-consistent triaxial ellipsoid with axis ratios \(2:1.25:1\), typical of many galaxies. As an initial cluster model a multi-mass King distribution (with 10 mass classes ranging between 0.12 and 1.2[pic] and equally spaced in a logarithmic scale) was chosen. The main results of numerical simulations are summarized and discussed.