The transition between star clusters and dwarf galaxies (Research Note) on the existence of a mass-radius relation for star clusters of masses >10 7 M⊙: Are these objects formed in mergers of stellar systems?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 448, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1031-1035

  Kissler Patig, M ^a   Jordan A ^a,b   Bastian, N ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Globular clusters: general

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES;

GALAXIES: DWARF; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: GENERAL; STELLAR CLUSTERS; STELLAR SYSTEM;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33646793282     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054384     Document Type: Review

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