Star cluster formation and disruption time-scales - I. An empirical determination of the disruption time of star clusters in four galaxies

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 338, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 717-732

  Boutloukos, S G ^a,b,d   Lamers, H J G L M ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Individual: M33; Galaxies: Individual: M51; Galaxies: Star clusters; Magellanic clouds; Open clusters and associations: General; Solar neighbourhood

Indexed keywords

STARS;

DISRUPTION TIME; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: M33; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: M51; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL; SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; STAR CLUSTERS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0141872876     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06083.x     Document Type: Article

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