Chemo-dynamical evolution of Globular Cluster Systems

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2002-06-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0206019v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

25 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/340493

We studied the relation between the ratio of rotational velocity to velocity dispersion and the metallicity (/\sigma_{v}-metallicity relation) of globular cluster systems (GCS) of disk galaxies by comparing the relation predicted from simple chemo-dynamical models for the formation and evolution of disk galaxies with the observed kinematical and chemical properties of their GCSs. We conclude that proto disk galaxies underwent a slow initial collapse that was followed by a rapid contraction and derive that the ratio of the initial collapse time scale to the active star formation time scale is \sim 6 for our Galaxy and \sim 15 for M31. The fundamental formation process of disk galaxies was simulated based on simple chemo-dynamical models assuming the conservation of their angular momentum. We suggest that there is a typical universal pattern in the /\sigma_{v}-metallicity relation of the GCS of disk galaxies. This picture is supported by the observed properties of GCSs in the Galaxy and in M31. This relation would deviate from the universal pattern, however, if large-scale merging events took major role in chemo-dynamical evolution of galaxies and will reflect the epoch of such merging events. We discuss the properties of the GCS of M81 and suggest the presence of past major merging event.

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