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The properties, origin and evolution of stellar clusters in galaxy simulations and observations

We investigate the properties and evolution of star particles in two simulations of isolated spiral galaxies, and two galaxies from cosmological simulations. Unlike previous numerical work, where typically each star particle represents one…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-07 C. L. Dobbs , A. Adamo , C. G. Few , D. Calzetti , D. A. Dale , B. G. Elmegreen , A. S. Evans , D. A. Gouliermis , K. Grasha , E. K. Grebel , K. E. Johnson , H. Kim , J. C. Lee , M. Messa , J. E. Ryon , L. J. Smith , D. A. Thilker , L. Ubeda , B. Whitmore

The contribution of the color space in LSST-like photometry for the selection of extragalactic globular cluster candidates

Globular clusters (GCs) are excellent tracers of their host galaxies' evolutionary histories. Traditional methods for identifying GCs in galaxies rely on cuts over photometric catalogs and can yield source lists with high levels of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-26 Nicholas Schweder-Souza , Ana L. Chies-Santos , Rafael S. de Souza , Kristen C. Dage , Charles J. Bonatto , Juan P. Caso , Michele Cantiello , Pedro dos Santos-Lopes , Pedro Floriano , Thayse A. Pacheco , Katherine L. Rhode , Pauline Barmby , Jennifer Sobeck , Ana I. Ennis , Yasna Ordenes-Briceño , Teymoor Saifollahi , Julia Gschwend , Niranjana P. , Rubens E. G. Machado

The Spatial Distribution of Intra-Cluster Globular Clusters in the Fornax Cluster

We investigate the spatial distribution of the Intra-Cluster Globular Clusters (ICGCs) detected in the core of the Fornax galaxy cluster. By separately modeling different components of the observed population of Globular Clusters (GCs), we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-04 Raffaele D'Abrusco , Marco Mirabile , Michele Cantiello , Enrica Iodice , Avinash Chaturvedi , Michael Hilker , Giuseppina Fabbiano , Marilena Spavone , Maurizio Paolillo

Intracluster globular clusters as tracers of the mass assembly of the Hydra I galaxy cluster

In galaxy clusters, hierarchical assembly predicts the formation of stellar substructures and intracluster light (ICL), a diffuse stellar component tracing the global cluster potential. Because these features are extremely faint,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-01 Felipe S. Lohmann , Magda Arnaboldi , Michael Hilker , Andreas Burkert , Marilena Spavone , Ortwin Gerhard , Marina Rejkuba , Marco Mirabile , Michele Cantiello , Enrichetta Iodice

The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey XV. The Formation Efficiencies of Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies: The Effects of Mass and Environment

The fraction of stellar mass contained in globular clusters (GCs), also measured by number as the specific frequency, is a fundamental quantity that reflects both a galaxy's early star formation and its entire merging history. We present…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Eric W. Peng , Andres Jordan , Patrick Cote , Marianne Takamiya , Michael J. West , John P. Blakeslee , Chin-Wei Chen , Laura Ferrarese , Simona Mei , John L. Tonry , Andrew A. West

Kinematics of globular cluster systems and the formation of early-type galaxies

We numerically investigate the kinematic properties of globular cluster systems (GCSs) in E/S0 galaxies formed from dissipationless merging of spiral galaxies. The metal-poor globular clusters (MPCs) and metal-rich clusters (MRCs) in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Bekki , Michael A. Beasley , Jean P. Brodie , Duncan A. Forbes

Catalogue of model star clusters in the Milky Way and M31 galaxies

Detailed understanding of the formation and evolution of globular clusters (GCs) has been recently advanced through a combination of numerical simulations and analytical models. We employ a state-of-the-art model to create a comprehensive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-30 Yingtian Chen , Oleg Y. Gnedin

Gaia Early Data Release 3: Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

We compare the Gaia DR2 and Gaia EDR3 performances in the study of the Magellanic Clouds and show the clear improvements in precision and accuracy in the new release. We also show that the systematics still present in the data make the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-28 Gaia Collaboration , X. Luri , L. Chemin , G. Clementini , H. E. Delgado , P. J. McMillan , M. Romero-Gómez , E. Balbinot , A. Castro-Ginard , R. Mor , V. Ripepi , L. M. Sarro , M. -R. L. Cioni , C. Fabricius , A. Garofalo , A. Helmi , T. Muraveva , A. G. A. Brown , A. Vallenari , T. Prusti , J. H. J. de , C. Babusiaux , M. Biermann , O. L. Creevey , D. W. Evans , L. Eyer , A. Hutton , F. Jansen , C. Jordi , S. A. Klioner , U. Lammers , L. Lindegren , F. Mignard , C. Panem , D. Pourbaix , S. Randich , P. Sartoretti , C. Soubiran , N. A. Walton , F. Arenou , C. A. L. Bailer-Jones , U. Bastian , M. Cropper , R. Drimmel , D. Katz , M. G. Lattanzi , F. van Leeuwen , J. Bakker , J. Castañeda , F. De , C. Ducourant , M. Fouesneau , Y. Frémat , R. Guerra , A. Guerrier , J. Guiraud , A. Jean-Antoine , E. Masana , R. Messineo , N. Mowlavi , C. Nicolas , K. Nienartowicz , F. Pailler , P. Panuzzo , F. Riclet , W. Roux , G. M. Seabroke , R. Sordo , P. Tanga , F. Thévenin , G. Gracia-Abril , J. Portell , D. Teyssier , M. Altmann , R. Andrae , I. Bellas-Velidis , K. Benson , J. Berthier , R. Blomme , E. Brugaletta , P. W. Burgess , G. Busso , B. Carry , A. Cellino , N. Cheek , Y. Damerdji , M. Davidson , L. Delchambre , A. Dell'Oro , J. Fernández-Hernández , L. Galluccio , P. García-Lario , M. Garcia-Reinaldos , J. González-Núñez , E. Gosset , R. Haigron , J. -L. Halbwachs , N. C. Hambly , D. L. Harrison , D. Hatzidimitriou , U. Heiter , J. Hernández , D. Hestroffer , S. T. Hodgkin , B. Holl , K. Janßen , G. Jevardat de Fombelle , S. Jordan , A. Krone-Martins , A. C. Lanzafame , W. Löffler , A. Lorca , M. Manteiga , O. Marchal , P. M. Marrese , A. Moitinho , A. Mora , K. Muinonen , P. Osborne , E. Pancino , T. Pauwels , A. Recio-Blanco , P. J. Richards , M. Riello , L. Rimoldini , A. C. Robin , T. Roegiers , J. Rybizki , C. Siopis , M. Smith , A. Sozzetti , A. Ulla , E. Utrilla , M. van Leeuwen , W. van Reeven , U. Abbas , A. Abreu , S. Accart , C. Aerts , J. J. Aguado , M. Ajaj , G. Altavilla , M. A. Álvarez , J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes , J. Alves , R. I. Anderson , E. Anglada Varela , T. Antoja , M. Audard , D. Baines , S. G. Baker , L. Balaguer-Núñez , Z. Balog , C. Barache , D. Barbato , M. Barros , M. A. Barstow , S. Bartolomé , J. -L. Bassilana , N. Bauchet , A. Baudesson-Stella , U. Becciani , M. Bellazzini , M. Bernet , S. Bertone , L. Bianchi , S. Blanco-Cuaresma , T. Boch , A. Bombrun , D. Bossini , S. Bouquillon , A. Bragaglia , L. Bramante , E. Breedt , A. Bressan , N. Brouillet , B. Bucciarelli , A. Burlacu , D. Busonero , A. G. Butkevich , R. Buzzi , E. Caffau , R. Cancelliere , H. Cánovas , T. Cantat-Gaudin , R. Carballo , T. Carlucci , M. I Carnerero , J. M. Carrasco , L. Casamiquela , M. Castellani , P. Castro Sampol , L. Chaoul , P. Charlot , A. Chiavassa , G. Comoretto , W. J. Cooper , T. Cornez , S. Cowell , F. Crifo , M. Crosta , C. Crowley , C. Dafonte , A. Dapergolas , M. David , P. David , P. de Laverny , F. De Luise , R. De March , J. De Ridder , R. de Souza , P. de Teodoro , A. de Torres , E. F. del Peloso , E. del Pozo , A. Delgado , J. -B. Delisle , P. Di Matteo , S. Diakite , C. Diener , E. Distefano , C. Dolding , D. Eappachen , H. Enke , P. Esquej , C. Fabre , M. Fabrizio , S. Faigler , G. Fedorets , P. Fernique , A. Fienga , F. Figueras , C. Fouron , F. Fragkoudi , E. Fraile , F. Franke , M. Gai , D. Garabato , A. Garcia-Gutierrez , M. García-Torres , P. Gavras , E. Gerlach , R. Geyer , P. Giacobbe , G. Gilmore , S. Girona , G. Giuffrida , A. Gomez , I. Gonzalez-Santamaria , J. J. González-Vidal , M. Granvik , R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez , L. P. Guy , M. Hauser , M. Haywood , S. L. Hidalgo , T. Hilger , N. Hładczuk , D. Hobbs , G. Holland , H. E. Huckle , G. Jasniewicz , P. G. Jonker , J. Juaristi , F. Julbe , L. Karbevska , P. Kervella , S. Khanna , A. Kochoska , M. Kontizas , G. Kordopatis , A. J. Korn , Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska , K. Kruszyńska , S. Lambert , A. F. Lanza , Y. Lasne , J. -F. Le Campion , Y. Le Fustec , Y. Lebreton , T. Lebzelter , S. Leccia , N. Leclerc , I. Lecoeur-Taibi , S. Liao , E. Licata , H. E. P. Lindstrøm , T. A. Lister , E. Livanou , A. Lobel , P. Madrero , S. Managau , R. G. Mann , J. M. Marchant , M. Marconi , M. M. S. Marcos , S. Marinoni , F. Marocco , D. J. Marshall , L. Martin Polo , J. M. Martín-Fleitas , A. Masip , D. Massari , A. Mastrobuono-Battisti , T. Mazeh , S. Messina , D. Michalik , N. R. Millar , A. Mints , D. Molina , R. Molinaro , L. Molnár , P. Montegriffo , R. Morbidelli , T. Morel , D. Morris , A. F. Mulone , D. Munoz , C. P. Murphy , I. Musella , L. Noval , C. Ordénovic , G. Orrù , J. Osinde , C. Pagani , I. Pagano , L. Palaversa , P. A. Palicio , A. Panahi , M. Pawlak , X. Peñalosa , A. Penttilä , A. M. Piersimoni , F. -X. Pineau , E. Plachy , G. Plum , E. Poggio , E. Poretti , E. Poujoulet , A. Prša , L. Pulone , E. Racero , S. Ragaini , M. Rainer , C. M. Raiteri , N. Rambaux , P. Ramos , M. Ramos-Lerate , P. Re , S. Regibo , C. Reylé , A. Riva , G. Rixon , N. Robichon , C. Robin , M. Roelens , L. Rohrbasser , N. Rowell , F. Royer , K. A. Rybicki , G. Sadowski , A. Sagristà , J. Sahlmann , J. Salgado , E. Salguero , N. Samaras , V. Sanchez , N. Sanna , R. Santoveña , M. Sarasso , M. Schultheis , E. Sciacca , M. Segol , J. C. Segovia , D. Ségransan , D. Semeux , H. I. Siddiqui , A. Siebert , L. Siltala , E. Slezak , R. L. Smart , E. Solano , F. Solitro , D. Souami , J. Souchay , A. Spagna , F. Spoto , I. A. Steele , H. Steidelmüller , C. A. Stephenson , M. Süveges , L. Szabados , E. Szegedi-Elek , F. Taris , G. Tauran , M. B. Taylor , R. Teixeira , W. Thuillot , N. Tonello , F. Torra , J. Torra , C. Turon , N. Unger , M. Vaillant , E. van , O. Vanel , A. Vecchiato , Y. Viala , D. Vicente , S. Voutsinas , M. Weiler , T. Wevers , Ł. Wyrzykowski , A. Yoldas , P. Yvard , H. Zhao , J. Zorec , S. Zucker , C. Zurbach , T. Zwitter

A family picture: tracing the dynamical path of the structural properties of multiple populations in globular clusters

We studied the spatial distributions of multiple stellar populations (MPs) in a sample of 20 globular clusters (GCs) spanning a broad range of dynamical ages. The differences between first-population (FP) and second-population (SP) stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 E. Dalessandro , M. Cadelano , E. Vesperini , S. Martocchia , F. R. Ferraro , B. Lanzoni , N. Bastian , J. Hong , N. Sanna

The origin of metal-poor and metal-rich globular clusters in E-MOSAICS

It has been a long-standing open question why observed globular cluster (GC) populations of different metallicities differ in their ages and spatial distributions, with metal-poor GCs being the older and radially more extended of the two.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Marta Reina-Campos

Globular Cluster Systems in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies: III. Formation Efficiencies of Old Globular Clusters

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

Merging of globular clusters within inner galactic regions. I. Do they survive the tidal interaction?

The main topic of this paper is the investigation of the modes of interaction of globular clusters (GCs) moving in the inner part of a galaxy. This is tackled by means of high-resolution N-body simulations, whose first results are presented…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 P. Miocchi , R. Capuzzo Dolcetta , P. Di Matteo , A. Vicari

Globular cluster systems and galaxy formation

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

Globular cluster systems in fossil groups: NGC6482, NGC1132 and ESO306-017

We study the globular cluster (GC) systems in three representative fossil group galaxies: the nearest (NGC6482), the prototype (NGC1132) and the most massive known to date (ESO306-017). This is the first systematic study of GC systems in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. A. Alamo-Martínez , M. J. West , J. P. Blakeslee , R. A. González-Lópezlira , A. Jordán , M. Gregg , P. Côté , M. J. Drinkwater , S. van den Bergh

The SLUGGS Survey: The globular cluster systems of three early-type galaxies using wide-field imaging

We present the results from a wide-field imaging study of globular cluster (GC) systems in three early-type galaxies. Combinations of Subaru/Suprime-Cam, CFHT/MegaCam and HST/WFPC2/ACS data were used to determine the GC system properties of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Sreeja S. Kartha , Duncan A. Forbes , Lee R. Spitler , Aaron J. Romanowsky , Jacob A. Arnold , Jean P. Brodie

A Wide-Field View on Multiple Stellar Populations in 28 Milky Way Globular Clusters

The majority of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) contain multiple stellar populations displaying specific chemical abundance variations. In particular, GCs generally contain a `primordial' population with abundances similar to field stars,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-01 E. Leitinger , H. Baumgardt , I. Cabrera-Ziri , M. Hilker , E. Pancino

Globular Clusters in Dense Clusters of Galaxies

Deep imaging data from the Keck II telescope are employed to study the globular cluster (GC) populations in the cores of six rich Abell clusters. The sample includes A754, A1644, A2124, A2147, A2151, and A2152, and spans the redshift range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John P. Blakeslee

DELVE-ing into the Milky Way's Globular Clusters: Assessing extra-tidal features in NGC 5897, NGC 7492, and testing detectability with deeper photometry

Extra-tidal features around globular clusters (GCs) are tracers of their disruption, stellar stream formation, and their host's gravitational potential. However, these features remain challenging to detect due to their low surface…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-20 A. Chiti , K. Tavangar , P. S. Ferguson , J. A. Carballo-Bello , A. M. Senkevich , D. Erkal , A. Drlica-Wagner , A. B. Pace , A. P. Ji , D. J. Sand , G. Limberg , A. Chaturvedi , D. Crnojević , G. E. Medina , A. H. Riley , N. Shipp , A. K. Vivas , M. Wertheim , Y. Choi , C. E. Martínez-Vázquez , B. Mutlu-Pakdil , M. Navabi , J. D. Sakowska , G. S. Stringfellow , A. Zenteno

Modelling the Milky Way's globular cluster system

We construct a model for the Galactic globular cluster system based on a realistic gravitational potential and a distribution function (DF) analytic in the action integrals. The DF comprises disc and halo components whose functional forms…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-08 James Binney , Leong Khim Wong

The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey. III. Astro-photometric catalogs, artificial-star tests, and improved absolute proper motions

The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey (MGCS) has taken one of the last opportunities to complete the census of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) started by past Hubble Space Telescope (HST) programs, securing high-resolution data for 34…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-21 M. Libralato , A. Bellini , D. Massari , M. Bellazzini , F. Aguado-Agelet , S. Cassisi , E. Ceccarelli , E. Dalessandro , E. Dodd , F. R. Ferraro , C. Gallart , B. Lanzoni , M. Monelli , A. Mucciarelli , E. Pancino , R. Pascale , L. Rosignoli , M. Salaris , S. Saracino , C. Zerbinati