Formation and Disruption of Globular Star Clusters

Details Formation and Disruption of Globular Star Clusters Formation and Disruption of Globular Star Clusters

2001-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0109298v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 7 postscript figures, uses IAU207_pasp.sty. Invited review, IAU Symposium 207, Extragalactic Star Clusters, eds. E.

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In the first part of this article, we review observations of the mass and luminosity functions of young and old star cluster systems. We also review some of the physical processes that may determine the characteristic mass of globular clusters and the form of their mass function. In the second part of this article, we summarize our models for the disruption of clusters and the corresponding evolution of the mass function. Much of our focus here is on understanding why the mass function of globular clusters has no more than a weak dependence on radius within their host galaxies.

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