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Linking globular clusters (GCs) to the assembly of their host galaxies is an overarching goal in GC studies. The inference of tight scaling relations between GC system properties and the mass of both the stellar and dark halo components of…

Globular cluster (GC) systems around galaxies of a vast mass range show remarkably simple scaling relations. The combined mass of all GCs is a constant fraction of the total galaxy mass and the mean metallicity and metallicity dispersion of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-24 Nick Choksi , Oleg Gnedin , Hui Li

We present an end-to-end description of the formation process of globular clusters (GCs) which combines a treatment for their formation and dynamical evolution within galaxy haloes with a state-of-the-art semi-analytic simulation of galaxy…

We investigate the structural, kinematical, and chemical properties of globular cluster systems (GCSs) in galaxies of different Hubble types in a self-consistent manner based on high-resolution cosmological N-body simulations combined with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Bekki , H. Yahagi , M. Nagashima , D. A. Forbes

We use a semi-analytic model for globular cluster (GC) formation built on dark matter merger trees to explore the relative role of formation physics and hierarchical assembly in determining the properties of GC populations. Many previous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-14 Kareem El-Badry , Eliot Quataert , Daniel R. Weisz , Nick Choksi , Michael Boylan-Kolchin

I present a simple phenomenological model for the observed linear scaling of the stellar mass in old globular clusters (GCs) with $z=0$ halo mass in which the stellar mass in GCs scales linearly with progenitor halo mass at $z=6$ above a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-26 Michael Boylan-Kolchin

High mass galaxies, with halo masses $M_{200} \ge 10^{10} M_{\odot}$, reveal a remarkable near-linear relation between their globular cluster (GC) system mass and their host galaxy halo mass. Extending this relation to the mass range of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-03 Duncan A. Forbes , Justin I. Read , Mark Gieles , Michelle L. M. Collins

The connection between a galaxy's total globular cluster system (GCS) mass and its halo mass has been studied for decades and it has been found that galaxies at nearly all observed masses adhere to a linear scaling relation between these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-10 Veronika Dornan , William E. Harris

The sizes of entire systems of globular clusters (GCs) depend on the formation and destruction histories of the GCs themselves, but also on the assembly, merger and accretion history of the dark matter (DM) haloes that they inhabit. Recent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-18 Michael J. Hudson , Bailey Robison

An increasing body of data reveals a one-to-one linear correlation between galaxy halo mass and the total mass in its globular cluster (GC) population, M_{GCS} ~ M_h^{1.03 \pm 0.03}, valid over 5 orders of magnitude. We explore the nature…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 William Harris , Gretchen Harris , Michael Hudson

The existence of globular clusters (GCs) in a few satellite galaxies, and their absence in majority of dwarf galaxies, present a challenge for models attempting to understand the origins of GCs. In addition to GC presence appearing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-24 Yingtian Chen , Oleg Y. Gnedin

Central Galaxies (CGs) in massive halos live in unique environments with formation histories closely linked to that of the host halo. In local clusters they have larger sizes ($R_e$) and lower velocity dispersions (sigma) at fixed stellar…

Globular clusters are compact, gravitationally bound systems of up to a million stars. The GCs in the Milky Way contain some of the oldest stars known, and provide important clues to the early formation and continuing evolution of our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-22 Michael A. Beasley

We investigate the properties of globular clusters in a galaxy cluster, using the particle tagging method with a semi-analytical approach in a cosmological context. We assume globular clusters form from dark matter halo mergers and their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 So-Myoung Park , Jihye Shin , Rory Smith , Kyungwon Chun

A strong correlation exists between the total mass of a globular cluster (GC) system and the virial halo mass of the host galaxy. However, the total halo mass in this correlation is a statistical measure conducted on spatial scales that are…

Scaling relations for globular clusters (GC) differ from scaling relations for pressure supported (elliptical) galaxies. We show that two-body relaxation is the dominant mechanism in shaping the bivariate dependence of density on mass and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-07 Mark Gieles , Poul Alexander

We present a comprehensive analysis of globular cluster (GC) formation and evolution across the $34^3$ Mpc$^3$ volume of the E-MOSAICS galaxy formation simulations. Defining GCs as surviving, high-mass ($>10^5$ M$_\odot$) clusters, we…

We investigate the globular cluster (GC) system scaling parameters as a function of galaxy mass, i.e. specific frequency (S_N), specific luminosity (S_L), specific mass (S_M), and specific number (^T) of GCs. We sample the entire range in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Iskren Y. Georgiev , Thomas H. Puzia , Paul Goudfrooij , Michael Hilker

The stellar mass-halo mass relation and the globular cluster (GC) number-halo mass relation are two scaling relations that relate fundamental properties of normal galaxies. Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs), some of which, have rich GC systems…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-29 Duncan A. Forbes , Jonah S. Gannon

The origin and formation of globular clusters has remained a mystery. We present a formation scenario for ancient globular cluster-like objects that form in ultra-high resolution simulations (smallest cell size $<0.1\,\mathrm{pc}$, mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-09 Thales A. Gutcke
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