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Globular Cluster Formation in Galaxy Mergers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Yuexing Li ,
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low  and
Ralf S. Klessen
Yuexing Li
Affiliation:
Columbia Univ, NY AMNH, NY, USA
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
Affiliation:
Columbia Univ, NY AMNH, NY, USA
Ralf S. Klessen
Affiliation:
AIP, Potsdam, Germany

Abstract

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We present preliminary results of a high resolution simulation of globular cluster formation in a galaxy merger using GADGET (Springel et al. 2001). A barotropic equation of state (Li et al 2003) is implemented to include effects of cooling and heating. After one orbital period, a dozen proto-globular clusters are identified in the tidal tails.

Type
JD6: Extragalactic Globular Clusters & Their Host Galaxies
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 205
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

References

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