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Intergalactic Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Michael J. West ,
Patrick Côté ,
Henry C. Ferguson ,
Michael D. Gregg ,
Andrés Jordán ,
Ronald O. Marzke ,
Nial R. Tanvir  and
Ted von Hippel
Michael J. West
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA
Patrick Côté
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Henry C. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Michael D. Gregg
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; and IGPP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Andrés Jordán
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Ronald O. Marzke
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
Nial R. Tanvir
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK
Ted von Hippel
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA

Abstract

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We confirm and extend our previous detection of a population of intergalactic globular clusters in Abell 1185, and report the first discovery of an intergalactic globular cluster in the nearby Virgo cluster of galaxies. The numbers, colors and luminosities of these objects can place constraints on their origin, which in turn may yield new insights to the evolution of galaxies in dense environments.

Type
JD6: Extragalactic Globular Clusters & Their Host Galaxies
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 175 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

References

Jordán, A., West, M.J., Côté, P. & Marzke, R.O. et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1642 Google Scholar