ideally, globular clusters are tidally truncated
since real tidal fields are not spherically symmetric and static
we expect time varying aspherical stripping and shocking, and
with relaxation additional diffusion outside the tidal boundary
so... globular clusters should have tidal tails
we contemplate the difference between rJ and rt
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