Some Constraints on Galaxy Evolution Imposed by the Specific Frequency of Globular Clusters
Astrophysics
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
Early-type dwarf galaxies are found to have high specific globular cluster frequencies which are similar to the high S values that are observed in luminous galaxies of types E and S0. It appears unlikely that cluster formation during mergers between dwarf disk systems can account for the high specific globular cluster frequency that is observed in early-type dwarf galaxies. Some alternative scenarios are briefly discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9509119,
title = {Some Constraints on Galaxy Evolution Imposed by the Specific Frequency of Globular Clusters},
author = {Sidney van den Bergh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9509119},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
21 pages and 2 figures as uuencoded compressed Postscript. Also available at http://www.dao.nrc.ca/DAO/SCIENCE/science.html