Beschreibung
The principal question of whether and how globular clusters can contribute to a better understanding of galaxy formation and evolution is perhaps the main driving force behind the overall endeavour of studying globular cluster systems. Naturally, this splits up into many individual problems. The objective of the Joint ESO-FONDAP Workshop on Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies was to bring together researchers, both observational and theoretical, to present and discuss the most recent results. Topics covered in these proceedings are: internal dynamics of globular clusters and interaction with host galaxies (tidal tails, evolution of cluster masses), accretion of globular clusters, detailed descriptions of nearby cluster systems, ultracompact dwarfs, formations of massive clusters in mergers and elsewhere, the ACS Virgo survey, galaxy formation and globular clusters, dynamics and kinematics of globular cluster systems and dark matter-related problems. With its wide coverage of the topic, this book constitutes a valuable reference of the scientific knowledge of the field.
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InhaltsangabeDetailed Studies of Individual Globular Clusters.- Detailed Chemical Abundances of Extragalactic Globular Clusters.- Spectroscopic Abundances and Radial Velocities of the Galactic Globular Clusters 2MASS GC01 and 2MASS GC02: Preliminary Results.- Abundance Anomalies in Galactic Globular Clusters - Looking for the Stellar Culprits.- Globular Clusters in the Direction of the Inner Galaxy.- Globular Cluster Research with Astronomical Archives.- Super-He-Rich Populations in Globular Clusters.- Testing the BH 176 and Berkeley 29 Association with GASS/Monoceros.- New Yonsei-Yale (Y 2) Isochrones and Horizontal-Branch Evolutionary Tracks with Helium Enhancements.- Search for Candle Stars in Globular Clusters: Spectroscopic Analysis of Post-AGB Candidates.- The Lack of Binaries Among Hot Horizontal Branch Stars: M80 and NGC5986.- Semi-Empirical Determination of the Mass Distribution of Horizontal Branch Stars in M3.- The Most Massive Clusters.- Globular Clusters, Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes.- UCDs - A Mixed Bag of Objects.- Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies and Globular Clusters: A Review of Their Spatial and Dynamical Properties.- The Maximum Mass of Star Clusters.- The Stellar Population of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies.- News on Ultra-Compact Dwarfs and Blue Globular Clusters.- UCDs and GCs: Structural Differences from HST Imaging.- Ultra-Compact Stellar Systems in the Fornax Galaxy Cluster.- Multi-Colour Imaging of Ultra-Compact Objects in the Fornax Cluster.- Young Star Clusters.- Hierarchical Formation of Galactic Clusters.- Young Massive Clusters - Formation Efficiencies and (Initial) Mass Functions.- The Radii of Thousands of Star Clusters in M51 with HST/ACS.- Extragalactic Star Clusters in Merging Galaxies.- The Environment of Young Massive Clusters.- Star/Cluster Formation in Complexes: Insights from IFUs and HST.- Spectral Evolution of Blue Concentrated Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- Young Star Clusters in the SMC.- Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic System by NANTEN.- Two Star Cluster Populations in NGC 45.- Characterization of Open Cluster Remnants.- HST Photometry of the Binary Globular Cluster Sersic 13N-S in NGC5128[1].- Globular Cluster Systems in Dwarf and Irregular Galaxies.- LMC Cluster Abundances and Kinematics.- Globular Clusters in Dwarf Galaxies.- Globular Clusters in Dwarf and Giant Galaxies.- The Age-Metallicity Relation of the SMC.- Integrated Spectroscopic Analysis of Galactic and Small Magellanic Cloud Clusters.- Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters and in the Field of the Fornax dSph Galaxy.- Physical Parameters of Intermediate-Age LMC Clusters from Modelling of HST CMDs.- RGB Properties of the LMC/SMC Clusters in the Infrared.- WLM-1: A Non-Rotating, Gravitationally Unperturbed, Highly Elliptical Extragalactic Globular Cluster.- Globular Cluster Systems in Spiral Galaxies.- Star Clusters in M33 - Clues to Galaxy Formation and Evolution.- M31 and its Globular Clusters.- IR Integrated Light Colors For Galactic GCs and An Update on Young M31 Globular Clusters.- Nuclear Star Clusters in Edge-on Galaxies.- HST ACS Wide-Field Photometry of the Sombrero Galaxy Globular Cluster System.- Intermediate-Age Globular Clusters in M31.- Metal-Poor Globular Clusters of the Galactic Bulge.- Globular Cluster System and Milky Way Properties Revisited.- RR Lyrae-Based Calibration of the Globular Cluster Luminosity Function.- Globular Cluster Systems in Spiral Galaxies Using ACS Imaging.- Laser Guide Star Imaging of M31 Globulars.- GALEX UV Observations of M31 Globular Clusters.- Integrated Spectroscopy of Galactic Globular Clusters.- Globular Cluster Systems in Early-Type Galaxies.- Globular Cluster Systems: Do They Really Trace Star Formation? (Or Rather: What Mode of Star Formation Do They Trace?).- Globular Clusters in Early Type Galaxies.- Globular Clusters and Galaxy Formation.- Globular Cluster Systems in Giant Ellipticals: New and Old Patterns.- The ACS Virgo Cluster S
Inhalt
Part I Detailed Studies of Individual Globular Clusters.- Part II The Most Massive Clusters.- Part III Young Star Clusters.- Part IV Globular Cluster Systems in Dwarf and Irregular Galaxies.- Part V Globular Cluster Systems in Spiral Galaxies.- Part VI Globular Cluster Systems in Early-Type Galaxies.- Part VII Evolution of Cluster Systems and their Host Galaxies.- Part VIII Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters.- Part IX Dynamics of Globular Cluster Systems.