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LAE Galaxies at High Redshift: Formation Sites for Low-Metal Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Bruce G. Elmegreen ,
Sangeeta Malhotra  and
James Rhoads
Bruce G. Elmegreen
Affiliation:
IBM Research Division, T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA email: [email protected]
Sangeeta Malhotra
Affiliation:
School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
James Rhoads
Affiliation:
School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Abstract

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Lyman-α emitting (LAE) galaxies observed at intermediate to high redshift have the correct size, mass, star formation rate, metallicity, and space density to have been the formation sites of metal-poor globular clusters. LAEs are typically small galaxies with transient starbursts. They should accrete onto spiral and elliptical galaxies over time, delivering metal-poor clusters into the larger galaxies' halos as they themselves get dispersed by tidal forces. The galaxy WLM is a good example of a dwarf remnant from a very early starburst that contains a metal-poor globular cluster but failed to get incorporated into the Milky Way or M31 because of its remote location in the local group.

Keywords

globular clusters: generalgalaxies: dwarfgalaxies: high-redshiftgalaxies: star clusters
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 257 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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