Fig. 9

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Snapshots of the SC (main model; Table 1) in the x-y plane (the Galactic centre being in negative x-direction) for the first eight timesteps to show the expansion due to gas expulsion. The tidal radius is shown as a black circle, and the stars are colour-coded according to the absolute value of their velocities relative to the SC’s centre of mass.
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