Globular Cluster System Profiles and Kinematics in Galaxy Mergers

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Oct 2008

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Panoramic Views of Galaxy Formation and Evolution ASP Conference Series, Vol. 399, proceedings of the conference held 11-16 Dece

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We use N-body plus hydrodynamics simulations to study how the spatial distribution and kinematics of globular cluster systems (GCS) are affected by galaxy mergers. We give each progenitor galaxy a GCS with 3-D number density profile modeled after the Galactic GCS and no net rotation. We then study how major mergers affect the spatial distribution and kinematics of the GCS. Here we present our methodology. Future work will vary galaxy parameters, merger orbital parameters, and initial GCS number density profile and kinematics in order to understand how GCS properties depend on the merger history of the host galaxy.

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