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The Fundamental Plane of Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Dean E. McLaughlin
Dean E. McLaughlin*
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218USA

Abstract

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The fundamental plane of globular clusters can be expressed as a particular scaling of cluster energy vs. mass: Eb ~ M2. New calculations of energy and mass for a large sample of young clusters in the Magellanic Clouds may shed light on the origins of this scaling.

Type
JD6: Extragalactic Globular Clusters & Their Host Galaxies
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 181 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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