$N$-body simulations of the open cluster population in the Milky Way and the impact of GMC encounters

We investigate the population of open clusters in the Solar Neighbourhood and model the effect of encounters with giant molecular clouds (GMCs) over the last 1 Gyr.

We investigate the population of open clusters in the Solar Neighbourhood and model the effect of encounters with giant molecular clouds (GMCs) over the last 1 Gyr. We combine a Galactic model with $N$-body simulations of 20692 unique clusters in the mass range $[50-24000]$…