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Discovery of Globular Clusters in the Proto-Spiral NGC2915: Implications for Hierarchical Galaxy Evolution | | G.R. Meurer
; J.P. Blakeslee
; M. Sirianni
; H.C. Ford
; G.D. Illingworth
; N. Benitez
; M. Clampin
; F. Menanteau
; H.D. Tran
; R.A. Kimble
; G.F. Hartig
; D.R. Ardila
; F. Bartko
; R.J. Bouwens
; T.J. Broadhurst
; R.A. Brown
; C.J. Burrows
; E.S. Cheng
; N.J.G. Cross
; P.D. Feldman
; D.A. Golimowski
; C. Gronwall
; L. Infante
; J.E. Krist
; M.P. Lesser
; A.R. Martel
; G.K. Miley
; M. Postman
; P. Rosati
; W.B. Sparks
; Z.I. Tsvetanov
; R.L. White
; & W. Zheng
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13 Nov 2003 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 599 (2003) L83-L86 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Abstract: | We have discovered three globular clusters beyond the Holmberg radius in Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys images of the gas-rich dark matter dominated blue compact dwarf galaxy NGC2915. The clusters, all of which start to resolve into stars, have M_{V606} = -8.9 to -9.8 mag, significantly brighter than the peak of the luminosity function of Milky Way globular clusters. Their colors suggest a metallicity [Fe/H] ~ -1.9 dex, typical of metal-poor Galactic globular clusters. The specific frequency of clusters is at a minimum normal, compared to spiral galaxies. However, since only a small portion of the system has been surveyed it is more likely that the luminosity and mass normalized cluster content is higher, like that seen in elliptical galaxies and galaxy clusters. This suggests that NGC2915 resembles a key phase in the early hierarchical assembly of galaxies - the epoch when much of the old stellar population has formed, but little of the stellar disk. Depending on the subsequent interaction history, such systems could go on to build-up larger elliptical galaxies, evolve into normal spirals, or in rare circumstances remain suspended in their development to become systems like NGC2915. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0311323 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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