Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, 27-30 August 2002 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)

ISBN 10: 3540404724 / ISBN 13: 9783540404729

Published by Springer, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, 27-30 August 2002 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540404724
• ISBN 13: 9783540404729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

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.