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The Dynamical Evolution of Young Clusters. With a focus on the effects on planetary systems

Bonnerot, Clément LU (2011) In Lund Observatory Examensarbeten ASTK01 20111
Lund Observatory - Undergoing reorganization
Abstract
Stars form in clusters or groups. In these crowded environments, they are
likely to experience encounters with one another. These encounters may perturb their planetary systems and cause the ejection of one or more planets. N-body simulations were performed to study the effect of encounters between stars on their planetary systems in young stellar clusters. Two categories of young clusters were modelled : clusters without gas (dry clusters) and clusters containing gas (embedded clusters). In both cases, it was found that a large majority of stars (85
- 95 %) experience at least one encounter with an other star in the first 10 Myr of the cluster evolution. Furthermore, between 5 % and 25 % of solar system-like planetary systems are... (More)
Stars form in clusters or groups. In these crowded environments, they are
likely to experience encounters with one another. These encounters may perturb their planetary systems and cause the ejection of one or more planets. N-body simulations were performed to study the effect of encounters between stars on their planetary systems in young stellar clusters. Two categories of young clusters were modelled : clusters without gas (dry clusters) and clusters containing gas (embedded clusters). In both cases, it was found that a large majority of stars (85
- 95 %) experience at least one encounter with an other star in the first 10 Myr of the cluster evolution. Furthermore, between 5 % and 25 % of solar system-like planetary systems are affected by these encounters. (Less)
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author
Bonnerot, Clément LU
supervisor
organization
course
ASTK01 20111
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
publication/series
Lund Observatory Examensarbeten
report number
2011-EXA55
language
English
id
2158535
date added to LUP
2011-09-16 16:17:51
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2011-09-16 16:17:51
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  abstract     = {{Stars form in clusters or groups. In these crowded environments, they are
likely to experience encounters with one another. These encounters may perturb their planetary systems and cause the ejection of one or more planets. N-body simulations were performed to study the effect of encounters between stars on their planetary systems in young stellar clusters. Two categories of young clusters were modelled : clusters without gas (dry clusters) and clusters containing gas (embedded clusters). In both cases, it was found that a large majority of stars (85
- 95 %) experience at least one encounter with an other star in the first 10 Myr of the cluster evolution. Furthermore, between 5 % and 25 % of solar system-like planetary systems are affected by these encounters.}},
  author       = {{Bonnerot, Clément}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Lund Observatory Examensarbeten}},
  title        = {{The Dynamical Evolution of Young Clusters. With a focus on the effects on planetary systems}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}