Globular cluster systems as clues to galaxy evolution

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Jan 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993egte.conf...48z&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Ames Research Center, The Evolution of Galaxies and Their Environment p 48-49 (SEE N93-26706 10-90)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Elliptical Galaxies, Galactic Clusters, Galactic Evolution, Globular Clusters, Interacting Galaxies, Astronomical Models, Metallicity, Prediction Analysis Techniques

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We investigate the properties of systems of globular clusters in light of the hypothesis that galaxy mergers play a major role in galaxy evolution. In a previous paper, we presented a model in which the formation of globular clusters occurs during galaxy interactions and mergers. We discussed several predictions of the model, including the existence of young globular clusters in currently merging galaxies and the presence of two or more metallicity peaks in the globular clusters systems of normal elliptical galaxies. Here, we present recent observational evidence which supports both of these predictions and suggests that mergers may have a significant influence on the formation and evolution of galaxies and their globular clusters.

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