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astro-ph2001
Globular Cluster Mass and Metallicity Distributions: Reconstructing the Events During Halo Formation
W. E. Harris
Globular clusters in most large galaxies are a mixture of metal-poor and metal-rich (bimodal), but the halo stars are almost entirely metal-rich. This and other lines of evidence a…
astro-ph1998
Issues in the Formation of Globular Cluster Systems
W. E. Harris
Recent developments relevant to the formation of globular cluster systems in galaxies are discussed, including (1) The age distribution of the oldest Milky Way clusters, (2) Subgro…