The Formation of Galaxies, the Formation of Old Globular Clusters and the Link with High-Redshift Objects

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dc.creatorBurgarella, Denis
dc.creatorKissler-Patig, Markus
dc.creatorBuat, Veronique
dc.date2000-02-07
dc.date2000-02-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T01:52:10Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T01:52:10Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper, we are exploring the properties of old, metal-poor globular clusters in galaxies. We investigate whether their properties are related to the properties of their host galaxies, and whether we can constrain their formation. The main result is that the mean metallicities of old GC systems are found to lie in a narrow range -1.7 < [Fe/H] < -1.1 (80 % of the population). Moreover, no correlations are found between the mean metallicities and other galaxy properties which implies a GC formation independent of the host galaxies. Further, we try to identify the sites of old, metal-poor GC formation, with any currently known high redshift objects. We find that the metalicities of damped Ly$α$ systems in the redshift range 1.6 < z < 4 are consistent with our GC metalicities, which suggests that these high-density neutral gas objects may be the progenitors of the old, metal-poor globular clusters.
dc.description7 pages, 6 figures, to appear in A.S.P. Conf. Series "Massive Stellar Clusters" held in Strasbourg, Nov. 8-10, 1999, eds. A. Lancon et C. Boily. The files for Figs.2 were wrong
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002142
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002142
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/531
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Formation of Galaxies, the Formation of Old Globular Clusters and the Link with High-Redshift Objects
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