King (1966) Profile Viewer | Mitchell Hooymans

King (1966) density profile

Spherically symmetric, tidally truncated model for relaxed star clusters. W₀ fixes the shape; radii set the spatial scale; central density ρ₀ sets the vertical scale on the plot.

—

M1: r_h

—

M1: r_t

—

M1: M_tot (M_☉)

—

M1: log₁₀(r_t/r₀)

—

M2: r_h

—

M2: r_t

—

M2: M_tot (M_☉)

—

M2: log₁₀(r_t/r₀)

Parameters

Units & display

Length (radius)

Mass density

Vertical axis

Model 1

W₀ 5.0

Sets the radius containing half the cluster mass.

ρ₀ 1.0

Model 2 (comparison)

W₀ 9.0

Sets the radius containing half the cluster mass.

ρ₀ 1.0