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Globular Clusters and the Formation of the Galactic Halo
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
Abstract
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.
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- Chapter 5: How Did the Milky Way Form?
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 169: Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way , 1996 , pp. 381 - 388
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1996