Young massive star clusters: globular cluster progenitors?

Details Young massive star clusters: globular cluster progenitors? Young massive star clusters: globular cluster progenitors?

2007-11-22

arxiv.org/abs/0711.3540v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, review talk given at the meeting on "Young massive star clusters - Initial conditions and environments", E. Perez, R.

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I review the long-term survival chances of young massive star clusters (YMCs), hallmarks of intense starburst episodes often associated with violent galaxy interactions. In particular, I address the key question as to whether at least some of these YMCs can be considered proto-globular clusters (GCs). In the absence of significant external perturbations, the key factor determining a cluster's long-term survival chances is the shape of its stellar initial mass function. I conclude that there is an increasing body of evidence that GC formation appears to be continuing until today; their long-term evolution crucially depends on their environmental conditions, however.

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