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Metal-rich and Metal-poor Globular Clusters in Ellipticals: Did we Learn Anything? or Constraints on Galaxy Formation and Evolution from Globular Cluster Sub-populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Markus Kissler-Patig
Markus Kissler-Patig*
Affiliation:
ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748 Garching, Germany

Abstract

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A brief review on globular cluster sub-populations in galaxies, and their constraints on galaxy formation and evolution is given. The metal-poor and metal-rich sub-populations are put in a historical context, and their properties, as known to date, are summarized. We review why the study of these sub-populations is extremely useful for the study of galaxy formation and evolution, but highlight a few caveats with the current interpretations. We re-visit the current globular cluster system formation scenarios and show how they boil down to a single scenario for the metal-poor clusters (namely the formation in “universal”, small fragments at high z) and that a hierarchical formation seems favored for the metal-rich clusters.

Type
Part 2. Globular Cluster Systems of Distant Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 207 - 217
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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