A revolution in star cluster research: Setting the scene

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1913, 2010, Pages 693-711

  De Grijs, Richard ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: stellar content; Globular clusters: general; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; Open clusters and associations: general

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; KINEMATICS;

EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES; GALAXIES: EVOLUTIONS; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: GENERAL; HIGH-REDSHIFT; ISM: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STAR CLUSTERS; STAR-FORMATION PROCESS; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 76949090297     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0253     Document Type: Review

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