Cluster cannibalism and scaling relations of galactic stellar nuclei

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 610, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Bekki, Kenji ^a   Couch, Warrick J ^a   Drinkwater, Michael J ^b   Shioya, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: star clusters; Globular clusters: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444358893     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423130     Document Type: Article

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