Massive star clusters in galaxies

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

Volumn 368, Issue 1913, 2010, Pages 889-906

  Harris, William E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: stellar content; Globular clusters: general

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING;

EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; GALAXIES: FORMATION; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: GENERAL; MASSIVE STARS; STAR CLUSTERS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 76949102650     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0256     Document Type: Review

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