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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
HST observations contribute in many ways to a better understanding of the dynamical nature of globular clusters. Unprecedentedly faint photometry gives new determinations of the numbers of low-mass stars. Cluster-to-cluster differences at the faint ends of the mass functions suggest differences in dynamical evolution. Mass segregation is clearly observed, from the envelope inward to the dense cluster center. The distribution of stars in the hitherto unresolved cores gives new data with which to test theories of core collapse, and these core profiles are also sensitive to the number of unseen remnant stars and binaries at the cluster center.