TY - GEN
T1 - Star cluster evolution
T2 - ESO-FONDAP Workshop on Globular Clusters (2006)
AU - de Grijs, Richard
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Young, massive star clusters are the most notable and significant end products of violent star-forming episodes triggered by galaxy collisions, mergers, and close encounters. The question remains, however, whether or not at least a fraction of the compact YMCs seen in abundance in extragalactic starbursts, are potentially the progenitors of globular cluster (GC)-type objects. However, because of the lack of a statistically significant sample of similar nearby objects we need to resort to either statistical arguments or to the painstaking approach of case by case studies of individual objects in more distant galaxies. Despite the difficulties inherent to addressing this issue conclusively, an ever increasing body of observational evidence lends support to the scenario that GCs, which were once thought to be the oldest building blocks of galaxies, are still forming today.
AB - Young, massive star clusters are the most notable and significant end products of violent star-forming episodes triggered by galaxy collisions, mergers, and close encounters. The question remains, however, whether or not at least a fraction of the compact YMCs seen in abundance in extragalactic starbursts, are potentially the progenitors of globular cluster (GC)-type objects. However, because of the lack of a statistically significant sample of similar nearby objects we need to resort to either statistical arguments or to the painstaking approach of case by case studies of individual objects in more distant galaxies. Despite the difficulties inherent to addressing this issue conclusively, an ever increasing body of observational evidence lends support to the scenario that GCs, which were once thought to be the oldest building blocks of galaxies, are still forming today.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57049087572&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-76961-3_81
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-76961-3_81
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:57049087572
SN - 9783540769606
VL - 2009
T3 - ESO Astrophysics Symposia
SP - 353
EP - 356
BT - Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies
Y2 - 6 March 2006 through 10 March 2006
ER -