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Table 1 Fitted powerlaw indices for the velocity and kinetic energy distributions of the escaping stars and for the binding energy distribution of the binary stars

From: On the reliability of N-body simulations

 

α

β

Velocity

 Plummer equal mass

2.5 ± 0.09

6.7 ± 1.02

 Plummer mass ratio

3.8 ± 0.16

4.4 ± 0.43

 Cold Plummer equal mass

2.6 ± 0.19

3.8 ± 0.28

 Cold Plummer mass ratio

3.4 ± 0.45

3.4 ± 0.19

Kinetic energy

 Plummer equal mass

0.9 ± 0.02

1.8 ± 0.04

 Plummer mass ratio

0.8 ± 0.02

1.6 ± 0.04

 Cold Plummer equal mass

0.99 ± 0.02

1.3 ± 0.03

 Cold Plummer mass ratio

0.98 ± 0.03

1.2 ± 0.02

Binding energy

 Plummer equal mass

4.31 ± 0.13

 

 Plummer mass ratio

5.12 ± 0.32

 

 Cold Plummer equal mass

2.37 ± 0.11

 

 Cold Plummer mass ratio

2.38 ± 0.12

 
  1. Note that we use equal intervals in logarithmic space.