Collisionless dynamics in globular clusters: Collisionless dynamics in globular clusters

Since globular clusters (GCs) are old, low-N systems their dynamics is widely believed to be fully dominated by collisional two-body processes and their surface brightness profiles are fitted by King models. However, for many GCs, especially those with Hubble Space Telescope-resolved central regions and ‘extratidal’ features, King models provide poor fits. We suggest that this is partly because co...