Globular clusters and their contribution to the formation of the Galactic halo
arXiv:1510.00507 · doi:10.1017/S1743921315006730
Abstract
This is a "biased" review because I will show recent evidence on the contribution of globular clusters (GCs) to the halo of our Galaxy seen through the lens of the new paradigm of multiple populations in GCs. I will show a few examples where the chemistry of multiple populations helps to answer hot questions including whether and how much GCs did contribute to the halo population, if we have evidence of the GCs-halo link, what are the strengths and weak points concerning this contribution.
invited review to appear in Proc. IAU Symp. 317, XXIXth IAU General Assembly, August 2015, Honolulu (HI, USA); eds. A. Bragaglia, M. Arnaboldi, M. Rejkuba, D. Romano, (7 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX, using iau.cls)
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