Metal-rich and Metal-poor Globular Clusters in Ellipticals: Did we Learn Anything? or Constraints on Galaxy Formation and Evolution from Globular Cluster Sub-populations
2002 ◽
Vol 207
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pp. 207-217
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A brief review on globular cluster sub-populations in galaxies, and their constraints on galaxy formation and evolution is given. The metal-poor and metal-rich sub-populations are put in a historical context, and their properties, as known to date, are summarized. We review why the study of these sub-populations is extremely useful for the study of galaxy formation and evolution, but highlight a few caveats with the current interpretations. We re-visit the current globular cluster system formation scenarios and show how they boil down to a single scenario for the metal-poor clusters (namely the formation in “universal”, small fragments at high z) and that a hierarchical formation seems favored for the metal-rich clusters.
1999 ◽
Vol 186
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pp. 181-184
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pp. 394-402
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Vol 207
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pp. 294-300
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