Discovery of a Large-Scale Structure of Globular Clusters in the Virgo Cluster

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Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21715204l&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #152.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Globular clusters are usually found in galaxies. Decades ago it was suggested that a cluster-wide population of globular clusters may exist in galaxy clusters. Recently we discovered a new type of large-scale structure in the Virgo cluster of galaxies: it is composed of globular clusters. Globular clusters are found wandering between galaxies (intracluster globular clusters) as well as in galaxies. These globular clusters fill a significant fraction in the area of the Virgo cluster. The distribution of the globular clusters is in general similar to that of the X-ray emitting hot gas, but shows some differences as well. The intracluser globular clsuters might have been mostly stripped off from low-mass dwarf galaxies. The nature of the intracluster globular clusters is not yet known. These intracluster globular clusters will be an excellent tool to study various topics on galaxy clusters: the distribution of dark matter, the evolution of galaxy clusters, the first stellar systems in the universe, and the origin of globular clusters. Implications of our results will be discussed.

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