Globular Clusters and Galaxy Formation
| dc.creator | Forbes, Duncan A. | |
| dc.date | 2002-06-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:04:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:04:00Z | |
| dc.description | Globular clusters provide a unique probe of galaxy formation and evolution. Here I briefly summarize the known observational properties of globular cluster systems. One re-occurring theme is that the globular cluster systems of spirals and ellipticals are remarkably similar. Photometry, and the limited spectra available, are consistent with metal-poor clusters forming before the main spheroid component is established and the metal-rich ones forming at the same time as the spheroid in a burst of star formation. These observations are compared to a model for globular cluster formation in a LCDM hierarchical universe. One model result reported here is that S_N is determined at early times and little affected by late epoch mergers. | |
| dc.description | 2 pages, Latex, 2 figures, To appear in the proceedings of Galaxy Evolution: Theory and Observations, ed. V. Avila-Reese, C. Firmani, C. Frenk, C. Allen, RevMexAA | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0206347 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0206347 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4590 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Globular Clusters and Galaxy Formation | |
| dc.type | text |