Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-01-15
Astrophys.Space Sci.324:129-135,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, to appear in Young Massive Star Clusters, eds. E. Perez, R. de Grijs, R. Gonzalez Delgado
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10509-009-0088-5
Analyzing global starburst properties in various kinds of starburst and post-starburst galaxies and relating them to the properties of the star cluster populations they form, I explore the conditions for the formation of massive, compact, long-lived star clusters. The aim is to find out whether the relative amount of star formation that goes into star cluster formation as opposed to field star formation, and into the formation of massive long-lived clusters in particular, is universal or scales with star formation rate, burst strength, star formation efficiency, galaxy or gas mass, and whether or not there are special conditions or some threshold for the formation of star clusters that merit to be called globular clusters a few gigayears later.
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