O n the structure oftidaltails

A B ST R A C T W e exam ine the longitudinaldistribution ofthe starsescaping from a cluster along tidaltails.Usingboth theory and sim ulations,weshow that,even in thecaseofastar clusterin a circulargalactic orbit,when the tide issteady,the distribution exhibits m axim a ata distanceofm any tidalradiifrom thecluster. K ey w ords: galaxies:kinem aticsand dynam ics{ galaxies:starclusters{ m ethods: analytical{ m ethods: N-body sim ulations