Constraints on the merger models of elliptical galaxies from their globular cluster systems

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 298, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1123-1132

  Kissler Patig, Markus ^a   Forbes, Duncan A ^b   Minniti, Dante ^c  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: star clusters

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; STARS;

CLUSTERS SYSTEM; ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES; ELLIPTICALS; END-PRODUCTS; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: INTERACTIONS; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PROPERTY;

MERGING;

EID: 0000408093     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-8711.1998.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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