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An Overview of Globular Cluster Systems in Distant Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

William E. Harris
William E. Harris*
Affiliation:
McMaster University

Abstract

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Information is currently available for globular cluster systems in almost 50 galaxies from the Milky Way to the Coma Cluster. The observed features of these systems are reviewed, with emphasis on (a) their total populations (specific frequencies), (b) spatial structures compared with the underlying halo light, (c) photometric characteristics (luminosity function and metallicity). The combined evidence suggests strongly that globular clusters are likely to have formed in a rather sharply defined epoch clearly before the bulk of the halo field stars, and that this epoch was more active in E galaxies, especially those in rich environments. Finally, the special role of the supergiant E's at the centers of rich galaxy clusters is reviewed.

Type
Chapter III. Review Papers on Globular Clusters in Nearby Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 126: The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies , 1988 , pp. 237 - 253
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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