The overall goal is to extract all possible informations that is stored in its globular cluster system on the formation and evolution of the host galaxies . It turns out that if you look carefully enough, you can learn a lot that is not easely accessible by any other mean.
Many more questions rise along the different studies.
For example, the globular cluster luminosity function is a good distance indicator but was not yet fully exploited. Since March 2000, I spend less time on research and more on instrumentation. Both instrument are built for the Very Large Telescope . I am also looking a little more into the dynamics that can be done with halo globular clusters as test particles. If you want further informations on any of these projects, please mail me.