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The Origin of High Specific Frequency Globular Cluster Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

M.G. Lee  and
D. Geisler
M.G. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–742, KOREA
D. Geisler
Affiliation:
KPNO/NOAO, 950 N. Cherry Av., Tucson, AZ 85719 USA

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There are known to be several giant elliptical galaxies with high globular cluster specific frequencies, which possess about three or more times the normal number of globular clusters for their luminosity. The origin of high specific frequency globular cluster systems is not yet known.

Type
Mergers & Remnants
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 186: Galaxy Interactions at High and Low Redshift , 1999 , pp. 200
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1999