2001/08/13 by Paul Goudfrooij, Goudfrooij, Paul
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0108215
5 pages, 2 figures. LaTeX, uses IAU207_pasp.sty. To appear in proceedings of IAU Symp. 207, "Extragalactic Star Clusters," eds. E. Grebel, D. Geisler, & D. Minniti (ASP, San Francisco), 2001
arxiv created 2001/08/13 · openalex publication_date 2001/08/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2022/10/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The giant early-type merger remnant galaxy NGC 1316 is an ideal probe for\nstudying the long-term effects of a major merger on its globular cluster (GC)\nsystem, given its spectroscopically derived merger age of 3 Gyr which we\nreported in a recent paper. Here we report several pieces of photometric\nevidence showing that the second-generation GCs in NGC 1316 are at an\nevolutionary phase in between that of luminous GCs found in younger merger\nremnants such as (e.g.) NGC 7252 and that of `red' GCs found in `normal, old'\nellipticals. The observation that massive, second-generation GCs formed during\nmajor mergers can survive for at least 3 Gyr provides strong evidence that\nthese clusters can have `normal' mass functions including low-mass stars, and\nhence that they can survive to reach `old age' similar to those of `normal'\nellipticals.\n