Abstract
Evolutionary synthesis models for star clusters of various metallicities, including gaseous emission during the lifetime of the ionizing stars, are used to model star cluster systems comprising two populations: an old metal-poor globular cluster (GC) population similar to that of the Milky Way halo, and a second GC population of arbitrary metallicity. We investigate the time evolution of color distributions and luminosity functions for the two GC populations and compare with observations of E/S0 galaxies. We show that multi-passband data for GC populations give clues to the relative ages and metallicities of the two subpopulations, and help constrain formation scenarios for their parent galaxies.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Highlights of astronomy |
| Editors | Oddbjørn Engvold |
| Publisher | Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| Pages | 187-188 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 13 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1583811893 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 25th General Assembly of the International-Astronomical-Union - Sydney, Australia Duration: 13 Jul 2003 → 26 Jul 2003 |
Conference
| Conference | 25th General Assembly of the International-Astronomical-Union |
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| Country | Australia |
| City | Sydney |
| Period | 13/07/03 → 26/07/03 |
Cite this
v. Alvensleben, U. F. ., Anders, P., & de Grijs, R. (2005). From young to old: spectral models for star cluster systems. In O. Engvold (Ed.), Highlights of astronomy (Vol. 13, pp. 187-188). Astronomical Society of the Pacific. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1539299600015574