COULD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE GALACTIC CENTRE HAVE CONTRIBUTED STARS TO THE NUCLEAR STAR CLUSTER IN THE PAST?
The results of direct N-body simulations of three Milky Way bulge globular clusters – Terzan 2, Terzan 4, and Terzan 5 – evolving in a time-varying galactic potential derived from the IllustrisTNG-100 cosmological database over 8 Gyr are presented. Incorporating full stellar evolution and compact remnant formation, we...