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Globular Cluster Systems

Globular Cluster Systems

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Astrophysics, Book 30

Astronomy & SpacePhysics

ISBN10: 052108783X
ISBN13: 9780521087834
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Dec 11 2008
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Globular clusters are roughly spherical, densely packed groups of stars found around galaxies. Most globular clusters probably formed at the same time as their host galaxies. Therefore they provide a unique fossil record of the conditions during the formation and early evolution of galaxies. This volume presents a comprehensive review of globular cluster systems. It summarizes their observed properties and shows how these constrain models of the structure of stars, the formation and evolution of galaxies and globular clusters, and the age of the Universe. For graduate students and researchers, this timely volume provides the definitive reference on globular cluster systems.

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