The U-shaped distribution of globular cluster-specific frequencies in a biased globular cluster formation scenario

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 645, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages

  Bekki, Kenji ^a   Yahagi, Hideki ^b   Forbes, Duncan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: stellar content; Globular clusters: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746897707     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505905     Document Type: Article

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