The globular cluster system of an ``old'' merger: NGC 5018
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We study the properties of the globular cluster system of the ``old'' merger NGC 5018. We detect a relatively poor globular cluster system, that can be divided into at least two populations based on colors: a small population of blue clusters, aged between several hundred Myr to 6 Gyr, the formation of which was probably induced by the last interaction in the galaxy group; and one (possibly two) population(s) of old(er) clusters that can be associated with the original galaxy(ies). (...)
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9605040,
title = {The globular cluster system of an ``old'' merger: NGC 5018},
author = {Michael Hilker and Markus Kissler-Patig},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9605040},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in A&A. 12 pages, gzipped, uuencoded, including 9 figures. Also available at http://aibn55.astro.uni-bonn.de:8000/~mkissler/