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Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems

Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, 27-30 August 2002

Part of the book series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia (ESO)

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Table of contents (53 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Globular Cluster Formation

    • Keith M. Ashman
    Pages 3-15
  3. Evolution of Globular Cluster Systems

    • Enrico Vesperini
    Pages 16-21
  4. The Disruption Time of Clusters in Selected Regions of Four Galaxies

    • Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers, Stratos G. Boutloukos
    Pages 22-27
  5. Star Clusters in Interacting Galaxies: The Case of M51

    • Nate Bastian, Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers
    Pages 28-31
  6. The Formation of Stellar Clusters in Turbulent Molecular Clouds: Effects of the Equation of State

    • Yuexing Li, Ralf S. Klessen, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
    Pages 32-35
  7. Formation History of the Star Clusters in M82 B

    • Geneviève Parmentier, Richard de Grijs, Gerry F. Gilmore
    Pages 36-39
  8. Star Clusters in Mergers

    • Sabine Mengel
    Pages 43-53
  9. Young Massive Clusters in Normal Galaxies

    • Søren S. Larsen
    Pages 54-59
  10. The H Band Luminosity Function of the Centre of the 30 Dor Cluster

    • Morten Andersen, Hans Zinnecker, Bernhard Brandl, Georges Meylan, Andrea Moneti
    Pages 72-75
  11. The W-Function Applied to the Age of Globular Clusters

    • Miriam Rengel, Gustavo Bruzual
    Pages 76-80
  12. Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies

    • Duncan A. Forbes
    Pages 95-100
  13. A New Cluster Sub-Population in Lenticular Galaxies

    • Jean P. Brodie, Søren S. Larsen
    Pages 101-106
  14. Stellar Populations in NGC 1399 Traced by Globular Clusters from a Wide-Field Study

    • Boris Dirsch, Tom Richtler, Doug Geisler, J. C. Forte, L. P. Bassino, W. P. Gieren
    Pages 107-112
  15. Uncovering the NGC 5128 Globular Cluster System

    • Gretchen L. H. Harris, Doug Geisler, William E. Harris, James E. Hesser, Mike Reid, Margaret Milne et al.
    Pages 113-116
  16. The Chemistry of Extragalactic Globular Clusters

    • M. Kissler-Patig, T. H. Puzia, R. Bender, P. Goudfrooij, M. Hempel, C. Maraston et al.
    Pages 117-120
  17. VLT Spectroscopy of NGC 3115 Globular Clusters

    • Harald Kuntschner, Bodo L. Ziegler, R. M. Sharples, Guy Worthey, Klaus J. Fricke
    Pages 121-124

About this book

Dramatic progress is a trademark of the recent study of globular cluster systems. Considerations about the formation and evolution compose the first chapter, followed by a chapter on young star clusters. Then come four chapters reviewing the globular cluster system of early-type, late-type and dwarf galaxies, as well as of groups of galaxies. One chapter is dedicated to stellar population models and their applications to the field. Finally a chapter reviews the kinematics of galaxies derived from globular cluster systems and another their role in the context of galaxy formation and evolution studies. As a whole, the book gives an up-to-date view of the field at the beginning of the new decade, which will without doubt again bring significant progress in our understanding of globular cluster systems and galaxy formation and evolution.

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