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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Review of the hardback: 'For those working on globular clusters this book is an excellent reference and I would also recommend it to those working in galaxy formation.' Simon Goodwin, The Observatory
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Globular clusters are roughly spherical, densely packed groups of stars found around galaxies. Most formed at the same time as their host galaxies. They therefore provide a unique fossil record of the formation and early evolution of galaxies. This volume presents the first comprehensive review of globular cluster systems. It summarises 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 provides the definitive reference on globular cluster systems.
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Globulars are everywhere,
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I have found this peice to be very enlightining. It is fairly comprehensive and is well written. It delves in depth into one of the most amazing facets of the universe. Globulars are not only beautiful and amazing to behold but are probaply one of the most curious objects in the universe. This work explores most of the recient research on globulars and tries to make sence of it all. I would recommend it to any one interested in this aspect of Astronomy.It is fairly technical and does require background in stastics and at least be an intermediate astronomer.
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'Perhaps the most wonderful of all star clusters are those in which hundreds upon hundreds of faint stars are all gathered together in the shape of a globe.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
globular cluster formation, globular cluster properties, globular cluster candidates, extragalactic globular cluster systems, disrupted globular clusters, monolithic collapse models, stellar evolutionary processes, halo globular cluster system, simple merger model, individual globular clusters, progenitor spirals, bimodal color distributions, young globular clusters, halo field stars, cluster formation models, dynamical destruction, globular cluster mass, globular cluster research, genuine globulars, higher specific frequencies, merger picture, globular cluster luminosity function, super star clusters, horizontal branch morphology, cluster destruction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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globular cluster formation, globular cluster properties, globular cluster candidates, extragalactic globular cluster systems, disrupted globular clusters, monolithic collapse models, stellar evolutionary processes, halo globular cluster system, simple merger model, individual globular clusters, progenitor spirals, bimodal color distributions, young globular clusters, halo field stars, cluster formation models, dynamical destruction, globular cluster mass, globular cluster research, genuine globulars, higher specific frequencies, merger picture, globular cluster luminosity function, super star clusters, horizontal branch morphology, cluster destruction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Globular Cluster-Galaxy Connection (Asp Conference Series Publications; Vol. 48) by G. H. Smith on 13 pages
- The Magellanic Clouds (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by Raymond Haynes on 4 pages
- Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters (Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series) by Kenneth Janes on 4 pages
- Star Clusters (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by J.E. Hesser in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Structure and Evolution of Normal Galaxies by S. M. Fall in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- The Evolution of Galaxies: II - Basic Building Blocks by Marc Sauvage on page 490
- Asteroids to Quasars: A Symposium Honoring William Liller by Phyllis M. Lugger on page 125
- The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Star Cluster Dynamics by Douglas Heggie in Back Matter
- Galactic Astronomy (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) by James Binney in Back Matter
- Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars (Cambridge Astrophysics) by Peter Eggleton in Front Matter
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