Journal article
Galactic Dark Matter Halos and Globular Cluster Populations. III. Extension to Extreme Environments
Abstract
The total mass in the globular cluster (GC) system of a galaxy is empirically a near-constant fraction of the total mass of the galaxy across a range of 105 in galaxy mass. This trend is radically unlike the strongly nonlinear behavior of total stellar mass M⋆ versus Mh. We discuss extensions of this trend to two more extreme situations: (a) entire clusters of galaxies and (b) the ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) recently discovered in Coma and …
Authors
Harris WE; Blakeslee JP; Harris GLH
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 836, No. 1,
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
February 10, 2017
DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/67
ISSN
0004-637X