TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashman,Keith M.
AU  - Zepf,Stephen E.
TI  - Globular cluster systems
T2  - Cambridge astrophysics
SN  - 9780511564604 (ebook)
AV  - QB853.5 .A84 1998
U1  - 523.8/55 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Stars
KW  - Globular clusters
KW  - Galaxies
KW  - Formation
KW  - Astrophysics
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - Globular clusters are roughly spherical, densely packed groups of stars found around galaxies. Most globular clusters probably formed at the same time as their host galaxies. They therefore provide a unique fossil record of the conditions during the formation and early evolution of galaxies. This volume presents a comprehensive review of globular cluster systems. It summarizes their observed properties, and shows how these constrain models of the structure of stars, the formation and evolution of galaxies and globular clusters, and the age of the Universe. For graduate students and researchers, this volume provides the definitive reference on globular cluster systems
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564604
ER  -