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Globular Clusters and the Formation of the Galactic Halo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Sidney van den Bergh
Sidney van den Bergh*
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council, Victoria, B.C., V8X 4M6, Canada

Abstract

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The radii of globular clusters are used to study the early evolution of the Galactic halo. It is found that such cluster radii increase with Galactocentric distance and depend on orbit shape. It is suggested that metal enrichment in the Galactic halo might have been mainly a local phenomenon, whereas cluster radii may have been determined by more global properties of the protogalaxy.

Type
Chapter 5: How Did the Milky Way Form?
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 169: Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way , 1996 , pp. 381 - 388
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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