• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/785/1/71
Corpus ID: 118660328

Co-evolution of Galactic Nuclei and Globular Cluster Systems

@article{Gnedin2014CoevolutionOG,
  title={Co-evolution of Galactic Nuclei and Globular Cluster Systems},
  author={O. Gnedin and J. Ostriker and S. Tremaine},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2014},
  volume={785},
  pages={71}
}

O. Gnedin, J. Ostriker, S. Tremaine

Published 2014

Physics

The Astrophysical Journal

We revisit the hypothesis that dense galactic nuclei are formed from inspiraling globular clusters. Recent advances in the understanding of the continuous formation of globular clusters over cosmic time and the concurrent evolution of the galaxy stellar distribution allow us to construct a simple model that matches the observed spatial and mass distributions of clusters in the Galaxy and the giant elliptical galaxy M87. In order to compare with observations, we model the effects of dynamical… CONTINUE READING

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