Globular Clusters in Blue Compact Galaxies as Tracers of the Starburst History
arXiv:astro-ph/9812304 · doi:10.1023/A:1002175914196
Abstract
Representing single stellar populations, globular clusters (GCs) are relatively easy to model, thus providing powerful tools for studying the evolution of galaxies. This has been demonstrated for the blue compact galaxy ESO338-IG04. GC systems in galaxies may be fossils of starbursts and mergers. Thus studies of GCs in the local universe may add to our understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies and the distant universe.
4 pages, 2 figures. To be published in "Galaxy evolution: Connecting the distant Universe with the local fossil record", proceedings from conference at Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 21-25 september 1998, eds M. Spite et al., Kluwer