Milky Way globular clusters formed with initial half-mass densities of ~10^6.4 M_sun/pc^3, bottom-light IMFs, and small present-day black hole mass fractions, inferred by coupling rapid evolution models with multimass equilibrium models fitted to present-day observations.
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Stellar streams encode the initial mass function of globular clusters, recovered as a declining power-law with slope 1.3 for streams above 1000 solar masses.
N-body simulations show high-z proto-star clusters with multiple populations can survive strong early tidal fields and evolve into systems with properties matching Galactic globular clusters after 12 Gyr.
Capture-driven growth model predicts M ≈ 10^5 M_⊙ × (σ/50 km s^{-1})^{2.5}, requiring the M-σ relation to flatten to 2.26 < β < 2.5 below 10^5 M_⊙.
A JWST survey of eight gravitationally lensed galaxies at z=2-4 resolves 10-200 pc star-forming clumps and finds early evidence of recently quenched, post-starburst clumps.
Koposov 2 is an ancient, extremely metal-poor, compact stellar system best explained as a dissolving globular cluster, not a dwarf galaxy.
Morphology-dependent M_bh-σ0 relations are reported: shallow (2.5-3.1) for dust-poor S0 galaxies and steep (7.8) for massive ellipticals, using new SCOPE Bayesian regression on 137 galaxies.
The size-mass relation for star-forming galaxies at 0.6 < z ≤ 4 shows a gradient in slope with rest-frame wavelength, crossing at ~10^9.5 solar masses proposed as the transition between diffuse and compact morphologies.
N-body simulations show wide binaries disrupt rapidly in the first 10 Myr due to high-density encounters, with semi-analytical models matching the evolution and identifying young low-density clusters as optimal detection sites.
Next-generation IFU instruments could detect core scouring and tangential anisotropy from MBH binaries up to z~0.14 for ~150 pc cores and higher redshifts for larger cores, expanding searchable volume by 30-40 times including lower-mass systems.
GaiaNIR retains sensitivity to extended dark matter halos in globular clusters under strong extinction while Gaia degrades, enabling studies in obscured regions.
N-body simulations show that mutual interactions between Terzan 2, 4, and 5 raise mass-loss rates for the smaller clusters and drive prolate deformations absent in isolated runs.
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Fast Dynamical Modelling of Milky Way Globular Clusters -- I. Implications for Initial Cluster Densities
Milky Way globular clusters formed with initial half-mass densities of ~10^6.4 M_sun/pc^3, bottom-light IMFs, and small present-day black hole mass fractions, inferred by coupling rapid evolution models with multimass equilibrium models fitted to present-day observations.
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Inferring Globular Cluster Initial Mass Function from Stellar Streams
Stellar streams encode the initial mass function of globular clusters, recovered as a declining power-law with slope 1.3 for streams above 1000 solar masses.
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The evolution of high-z proto-star clusters into local globular clusters
N-body simulations show high-z proto-star clusters with multiple populations can survive strong early tidal fields and evolve into systems with properties matching Galactic globular clusters after 12 Gyr.
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The $M$-$\sigma$ Relation Has to Break
Capture-driven growth model predicts M ≈ 10^5 M_⊙ × (σ/50 km s^{-1})^{2.5}, requiring the M-σ relation to flatten to 2.26 < β < 2.5 below 10^5 M_⊙.
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LEGGOS I: The JWST LEGGOS Survey -- LEnsing and Galaxy Growth: Observing Substructures -- Unpacks the Nature of Clumpy Star Formation and Quenching in Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies beyond Cosmic Noon
A JWST survey of eight gravitationally lensed galaxies at z=2-4 resolves 10-200 pc star-forming clumps and finds early evidence of recently quenched, post-starburst clumps.
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The Hubble Missing Globular Clusters Survey IV. Ultra-faint compact satellites of the Milky Way. The case of Koposov 2
Koposov 2 is an ancient, extremely metal-poor, compact stellar system best explained as a dissolving globular cluster, not a dwarf galaxy.
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Galaxy morphology dependent (black hole mass)-(velocity dispersion) relations: implications for gravitational wave forecasts and cosmological simulations
Morphology-dependent M_bh-σ0 relations are reported: shallow (2.5-3.1) for dust-poor S0 galaxies and steep (7.8) for massive ellipticals, using new SCOPE Bayesian regression on 137 galaxies.
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CANUCS/Technicolor Data Release 2: A Catalogue of Galaxy Structural Parameters in up to 29 HST+JWST bands and a Multi-Wavelength Exploration of the Galaxy Size-Mass Relation at $0.6 < z \leq 4$
The size-mass relation for star-forming galaxies at 0.6 < z ≤ 4 shows a gradient in slope with rest-frame wavelength, crossing at ~10^9.5 solar masses proposed as the transition between diffuse and compact morphologies.
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Formation and disruption of wide binaries in star clusters revealed by N-body simulations
N-body simulations show wide binaries disrupt rapidly in the first 10 Myr due to high-density encounters, with semi-analytical models matching the evolution and identifying young low-density clusters as optimal detection sites.
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Unveiling the properties of galaxy cores excavated by supermassive black hole binaries with SHARP
Next-generation IFU instruments could detect core scouring and tangential anisotropy from MBH binaries up to z~0.14 for ~150 pc cores and higher redshifts for larger cores, expanding searchable volume by 30-40 times including lower-mass systems.
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From Gaia to GaiaNIR: I. Probing dark matter halos in globular clusters
GaiaNIR retains sensitivity to extended dark matter halos in globular clusters under strong extinction while Gaia degrades, enabling studies in obscured regions.
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Dynamical evolution of Milky Way globular clusters on the cosmological timescale II. Terzan 2, 4, and 5 mass loss and collision tracking
N-body simulations show that mutual interactions between Terzan 2, 4, and 5 raise mass-loss rates for the smaller clusters and drive prolate deformations absent in isolated runs.
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