Astronomical School’s Report, 2000, Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 106–110

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UDC 524.3

Fractal origin of the ideal hierarchical star clusters

Surdin V.G.

Gosudarstvennyy Astronomichesky institut im. P.K.Shternberga, Moskovsky universitet

Abstract

It is shown that the simplest (ideal) hierarchical star clusters have fractal structure. The volume fractal measure of the dynamical stable clusters (0 ÷ 0,33) is less than on of the molecular clouds (2,3 ÷ 2,5). Perhaps this is a reason why formation of hierarchical star clusters take place very rare.

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