Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems
Subtitle: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, 27-30 August 2002 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9783540404729
Subjects: Mathematics and Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - Star Guides; Astrophysics & Space Science; Dwarf Galaxy; Early-Type Galaxy; Galaxy Formation; Galaxy Group; Globular Cluster; Late-Type Galaxy; Science / Astronomy; Star Cluster; Starburst Galaxy; Stellar Population Model; Astronomy - General; Congresses; Globular clusters; Stars
Description: Dramatic progress is a trademark of the recent study of globular cluster systems. Considerations about the formation and evolution compose the first chapter, followed by a chapter on young star clusters. Then come four chapters reviewing the globular cluster system of early-type, late-type and dwarf galaxies, as well as of groups of galaxies. One chapter is dedicated to stellar population models and their applications to the field. Finally a chapter reviews the kinematics of galaxies derived from globular cluster systems and another their role in the context of galaxy formation and evolution studies. As a whole, the book gives an up-to-date view of the field at the beginning of the new decade, which will without doubt again bring significant progress in our understanding of globular cluster systems and galaxy formation and evolution.