From old Globular Clusters to early Structures in the Universe: the Formation of old, metal-poor Halos around early-type Galaxies

Abstract

Old, metal-poor globular clusters trace the formation and evolution of early-type galaxies. Their are the best probes, at low redshift, of the building-up of galaxy halos at high redshift. Their properties constrain the characteristics of their progenitors. Recent results suggest that DLAs at z>3 are the likely hosts for their formation. Finally, they shed light on the old, metal-poor halos probably present around all early-type galaxies.

5 pages, LaTeX using the kluwer.cls, presented at the "Euroconference, The Evolution of Galaxies. II - Basic Building Blocks". 16 - 21 October, 2001, Island of La Reunion (France)

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