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astro-ph.CO2009
The mass-to-light ratio of rich star clusters
Christian M. Boily, Jean-Julien Fleck, Ariane Lançon +1
We point out a strong time-evolution of the mass-to-light conversion factor eta commonly used to estimate masses of unresolved star clusters from observed cluster spectro-photometr…
astro-ph.CO2009
Substructures formation induced by gravitational tides?
F. Renaud, Ch. Theis, T. Naab +1
Physics lectures always refer to the tides as a disruptive effect. However, tides can also be compressive. When the potential of two galaxies overlap, as happens during a merger, f…