Evolution of tail and cluster parameters for various models. (a) The tidal radius (solid curve) and half mass radius (dotted curve). (b) Number of stars in the tail normalised by the total number of stars at the beginning. (c) Number of stars in the cluster. (d) Mass of the tail normalised by the total mass at the beginning. (e) Mass of the cluster. (f) Number of averaged escapees every million years. (g) Span of the leading (solid curves) and trailing (dashed curves) tail. (h) Variation in the rate of increase in the total tail span (span_total) with the initial velocity dispersion (σ_velocity,0) of the clusters, coloured according to the initial mass (M₀). See Figure A.3 for comparison with the analytical formulae.