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ESO Astrophysics Symposia Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies Proceedings of the Joint ESO-FONDAP Workshop on Globular Clusters held in Concepción, Chile, 6-10 March 2006 Bearbeitet von Tom Richtler, Søren Larsen 1. Auflage 2008. Buch. xx, 456 S. Hardcover ISBN 978 3 540 76960 6 Format (B x L): 15,5 x 23,5 cm Gewicht: 871 g Weitere Fachgebiete > Physik, Astronomie > Angewandte Physik > Astrophysik Zu Leseprobe schnell und portofrei erhältlich bei Die Online-Fachbuchhandlung beck-shop.de ist spezialisiert auf Fachbücher, insbesondere Recht, Steuern und Wirtschaft. Im Sortiment finden Sie alle Medien (Bücher, Zeitschriften, CDs, eBooks, etc.) aller Verlage. Ergänzt wird das Programm durch Services wie Neuerscheinungsdienst oder Zusammenstellungen von Büchern zu Sonderpreisen. Der Shop führt mehr als 8 Millionen Produkte. Contents Open Questions in the Globular Cluster – Galaxy Connection Markus Kissler-Patig ............................................ 1 Part I Detailed Studies of Individual Globular Clusters Detailed Chemical Abundances of Extragalactic Globular Clusters Rebecca Bernstein, Andrew McWilliam ............................ 11 Spectroscopic Abundances and Radial Velocities of the Galactic Globular Clusters 2MASS GC01 and 2MASS GC02: Preliminary Results J. Borissova, V.D. Ivanov, A. Stephens, D. Minniti ................ 17 Abundance Anomalies in Galactic Globular Clusters – Looking for the Stellar Culprits C. Charbonnel, N. Prantzos ...................................... 21 Globular Clusters in the Direction of the Inner Galaxy J. Alonso-Garc´ıa, M. Mateo ...................................... 25 Globular Cluster Research with Astronomical Archives Carol A. Christian .............................................. 27 Super-He-Rich Populations in Globular Clusters Chul Chung, Young-Wook Lee, Suk-Jin Yoon, Seok-Joo Joo, and Sang-Il Han ................................................ 29 Testing the BH 176 and Berkeley 29 Association with GASS/Monoceros Peter M. Frinchaboy ............................................ 31 New Yonsei-Yale (Y 2) Isochrones and Horizontal-Branch Evolutionary Tracks with Helium Enhancements S.-I. Han, Y.-C. Kim, Y.-W. Lee, S.K. Yi, D.-G. Kim, and P. Demarque 33 VIII Contents Search for Candle Stars in Globular Clusters: Spectroscopic Analysis of Post-AGB Candidates G. Jasniewicz, M. Parthasarathy .................................. 35 The Lack of Binaries Among Hot Horizontal Branch Stars: M80 and NGC5986 C. Moni Bidin, S. Moehler, G. Piotto, Y. Momany, A. Recio-Blanco, R.A. M´endez ................................................... 37 Semi-Empirical Determination of the Mass Distribution of Horizontal Branch Stars in M3 A. Valcarce, M. Catelan ......................................... 39 Part II The Most Massive Clusters Globular Clusters, Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes Patrick Cˆot´e ................................................... 43 UCDs – A Mixed Bag of Objects Michael Hilker .................................................. 51 Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies and Globular Clusters: A Review of Their Spatial and Dynamical Properties M.J. Drinkwater, E. Evstigneeva, P. Firth, C. Power ................ 59 The Maximum Mass of Star Clusters M. Gieles, S.S Larsen, M.R. Haas, R.A. Scheepmaker, N. Bastian .... 63 The Stellar Population of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies Michael D. Gregg, Michael J. Drinkwater, Katya Evstigneeva, Arna Karick.................................................... 69 News on Ultra-Compact Dwarfs and Blue Globular Clusters Steffen Mieske .................................................. 75 UCDs and GCs: Structural Differences from HST Imaging E.A. Evstigneeva, M.J. Drinkwater, M. Hilker,, C.Y. Peng ........... 79 Ultra-Compact Stellar Systems in the Fornax Galaxy Cluster P. Firth, M.J. Drinkwater, E.A. Evstigneeva, A. Karick, M.D. Gregg, M. Hilker, K. Bekki, J.B. Jones, S. Phillips ........................ 81 Multi-Colour Imaging of Ultra-Compact Objects in the Fornax Cluster A.M. Karick, M.D. Gregg, M.J. Drinkwater, M. Hilker, P. Firth ...... 83 Contents IX Part III Young Star Clusters Hierarchical Formation of Galactic Clusters Bruce G. Elmegreen ............................................. 87 Young Massive Clusters – Formation Efficiencies and (Initial) Mass Functions Søren S. Larsen................................................. 95 The Radii of Thousands of Star Clusters in M51 with HST/ACS R.A. Scheepmaker, M. Gieles, M.R. Haas, N. Bastian, S.S. Larsen .... 103 Extragalactic Star Clusters in Merging Galaxies Gelys Trancho .................................................. 107 The Environment of Young Massive Clusters Leonardo Vanzi ................................................. 111 Star/Cluster Formation in Complexes: Insights from IFUs and HST Nate Bastian ................................................... 115 Spectral Evolution of Blue Concentrated Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud J.J. Clari´a, J.F.C. Santos Jr., A.V. Ahumada, E. Bica, A.E. Piatti, M.C. Parisi .................................................... 117 Young Star Clusters in the SMC Katharina Glatt, Eva K. Grebel, Andreas Koch ..................... 119 Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic System by NANTEN A. Kawamura, T. Minamidani, Y. Mizuno, N. Mizuno, T. Onishi, A. Mizuno, Y. Fukui, NANTEN team ................................ 121 Two Star Cluster Populations in NGC 45 M.D. Mora, S.S. Larsen, M. Kissler-Patig ......................... 123 Characterization of Open Cluster Remnants D.B. Pavani, E. Bica ............................................ 125 HST Photometry of the Binary Globular Cluster Sersic 13N-S in NGC5128[1] D. Villegas, D. Minniti, J.G. Funes ............................... 127 X Contents Part IV Globular Cluster Systems in Dwarf and Irregular Galaxies LMC Cluster Abundances and Kinematics Doug Geisler, Aaron Grocholski, Ata Sarajedini, Andrew Cole, Verne Smith ......................................................... 133 Globular Clusters in Dwarf Galaxies Bryan W. Miller ................................................ 141 Globular Clusters in Dwarf and Giant Galaxies Sidney van den Bergh ........................................... 149 The Age-Metallicity Relation of the SMC Andrea Kayser, Eva K. Grebel, Daniel R. Harbeck, Andrew A. Cole, Andreas Koch, John S. Gallagher, Gary S. Da Costa ................ 157 Integrated Spectroscopic Analysis of Galactic and Small Magellanic Cloud Clusters A.V. Ahumada, J.J. Clari´a, E. Bica ............................... 161 Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters and in the Field of the Fornax dSph Galaxy C. Greco1, G. Clementini1,E.V.Held2, E. Poretti3, M. Catelan4, L. Dell’Arciprete3,M.Gullieuszik2,M.Maio1,L.Rizzi5,H.A.Smith6, B.J. Pritzl7,A.Rest8,N.DeLee6 ................................. 163 Physical Parameters of Intermediate-Age LMC Clusters from Modelling of HST CMDs L.O. Kerber, B. Barbuy, E. Brocato ............................... 165 RGB Properties of the LMC/SMC Clusters in the Infrared Radostin Kurtev, Valentin Ivanov, Jura Borissova, M´arcio Catelan, and Douglas Geisler ............................................. 167 WLM-1: A Non-Rotating, Gravitationally Unperturbed, Highly Elliptical Extragalactic Globular Cluster Andrew W. Stephens, M´arcio Catelan, Roxana P. Contreras .......... 169 Part V Globular Cluster Systems in Spiral Galaxies Star Clusters in M33 – Clues to Galaxy Formation and Evolution Rupali Chandar ................................................. 173 M31 and its Globular Clusters Kathy Perrett .................................................. 181 Contents XI IR Integrated Light Colors For Galactic GCs and An Update on Young M31 Globular Clusters Judith Cohen ................................................... 189 Nuclear Star Clusters in Edge-on Galaxies Anil C. Seth, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Paul W. Hodge, Victor P. Debattista ................................................... 193 HST ACS Wide-Field Photometry of the Sombrero Galaxy Globular Cluster System Lee Spitler ..................................................... 197 Intermediate-Age Globular Clusters in M31 Jay Strader .................................................... 203 Metal-Poor Globular Clusters of the Galactic Bulge B. Barbuy, M. Zoccali, S. Ortolani, Y. Momany, D. Minniti, V. Hill, A. Renzini, E. Bica, A. Alves-Brito, A. Gom´ez, L. Pasquini, R.M. Rich 207 Globular Cluster System and Milky Way Properties Revisited C. Bonatto, E. Bica, B. Barbuy, S. Ortolani........................ 209 RR Lyrae-Based Calibration of the Globular Cluster Luminosity Function M. Di Criscienzo, F. Caputo, M. Marconi, and I. Musella ............ 213 Globular Cluster Systems in Spiral Galaxies Using ACS Imaging Kieran Forde ................................................... 215 Laser Guide Star Imaging of M31 Globulars Michael D. Gregg, Arna Karick, Bruce Macintosh ................... 217 GALEX UV Observations of M31 Globular Clusters Soo-Chang Rey, Sangmo T. Sohn, R. Michael Rich, Suk-Jin Yoon, Chul Chung, Sukyoung K. Yi, and Young-Wook Lee ................. 221 Integrated Spectroscopy of Galactic Globular Clusters Ray M. Sharples, Jaeil Cho ...................................... 223 Part VI 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?) Michael A. Beasley .............................................. 227 XII Contents Globular Clusters in Early Type Galaxies Jean P. Brodie ................................................