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Globular clusters (GCs) are powerful tracers of galaxy assembly, frequently used to identify accreted substructure and reconstruct hierarchical merger histories. With advances in GC formation models and cosmological simulations, we can now…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-10 Finn A. Pal , Sarah L. Martell , Elizabeth J. Iles

The spatial distribution of compact dark matter in our Galaxy can be determined in a few years of monitoring Galactic globular clusters for microlensing. Globular clusters are the only dense fields of stars distributed throughout the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 James E. Rhoads , Sangeeta Malhotra

After the second data release of Gaia, the number of new globular cluster candidates has increased importantly. However, most of them need to be properly characterised, both spectroscopically and photometrically, by means of radial…

Observed mass-to-light ratios (M/L) of metal-rich globular clusters (GCs) disagree with theoretical predictions. This discrepancy is of fundamental importance since stellar population models provide the stellar masses that underpin most of…

We present the results of a systematic Milky Way satellite search performed across an array of publicly available wide-area photometric surveys. Our aim is to complement previous searches by widening the parameter space covered.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-28 G. Torrealba , V. Belokurov , S. E. Koposov

Deep HST/WFPC2 (V,I) photometry is used to investigate the globular cluster system (GCS) in NGC 4874, the central cD galaxy of the Coma cluster. The luminosity function of the clusters displays its normal Gaussian-like shape and turnover…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 W. E. Harris , J. J. Kavelaars , D. A. Hanes , J. E. Hesser , C. J. Pritchet

Shells in Elliptical Galaxies are faint, sharp-edged features, believed to provide evidence of a recent ($\sim 0.5 - 2 \times 10^9$ years ago) merger event. We analyse the Globular Cluster (GC) systems of six shell elliptical galaxies, to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Sikkema , R. F. Peletier , D. Carter , E. A. Valentijn , M. Balcells

The study of outer halo globular cluster (GC) populations can give insight into galaxy merging, globular cluster accretion and the origin of GCs. We use archival Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) data in concert with space-based GALEX, IRAC…

Globular clusters (GCs) are among the oldest and most luminous stellar systems in the Universe, offering unique insights into galaxy formation and evolution. While the physical processes behind their origin have long remained elusive, major…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-29 J. M. Diederik Kruijssen

We use deep images taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope of the disk galaxy NGC 891, to search for globular cluster candidates. This galaxy has long been considered to be a close analog in size and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. E. Harris , M. Mouhcine , M. Rejkuba , R. Ibata

We use the photometric metallicities provided by the panoramic Pristine survey to study the veracity and derive the metallicities of the numerous stellar streams found by the application of the STREAMFINDER algorithm to the Gaia EDR3 data.…

We detect a tidal stream generated by the globular cluster NGC 3201 extending over ~140 degrees on the sky, using the Gaia DR2 data, with the maximum likelihood method we presented previously to study the M68 tidal stream. Most of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-13 C. G. Palau , J. Miralda-Escudé

In this study, we search for Globular Clusters (GCs) in the inner halo of the Circinus galaxy using a combination of observational data. Our dataset includes observations from the VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea Extended Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-06 C. O. Obasi , M. Gomez , D. Minniti , L. D. Baravalle , M. V. Alonso , B. I. Okere

We use deep V-band surface photometry of five of the brightest elliptical galaxies in the Virgo cluster to search for diffuse tidal streams, shells, and plumes in their outer halos (r > 50 kpc). We fit and subtract elliptical isophotal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Steven Janowiecki , J. Christopher Mihos , Paul Harding , John J. Feldmeier , Craig Rudick , Heather Morrison

Integrated spectra of Milky Way globular clusters (GCs) are reproduced by computing synthetic spectra taking into account individual element abundances. Five clusters were selected from their location in the Galactic bulge, for which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-05 Tatiana Coelho de Moura , Marina Trevisan , Beatriz Barbuy , Silvia Rossi

We present new catalogs of likely globular clusters (GCs) in 17 nearby spiral galaxies studied as part of the PHANGS-HST Treasury Survey. The galaxies were imaged in five broad-band filters from the near-ultraviolet through the $I$ band.…

We argue that globular clusters (GCs) are good candidates for gravitational lenses in explaining quasar-galaxy associations. The catalog of associations (Bukhmastova 2001) compiled from the LEDA catalog of galaxies (Paturel 1997) and from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yu. L. Bukhmastova

We present a comprehensive multiwavelength photometric analysis of the innermost (3x3 square kpc) 110 globular clusters (GCs) of M87. Their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) were built taking advantage of new ground-based high resolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Montes , J. A. Acosta-Pulido , M. A. Prieto , J. A. Fernandez-Ontiveros

In this paper we describe the photometric and spectroscopic properties of multiple populations in seven northern globular clusters. In this study we employ precise ground based photometry from the private collection of Stetson, space…

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