How did globular clusters lose their gas?

2012/11/01 by C. Charbonnel, Charbonnel, C., M. Krause +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1211.0143

2 pages, 2 figures; Invited talk presented at Special Session 1 "Origin and Complexity of Massive Star Clusters" at IAU General Assembly XXVIII, Beijing 2012. To appear in Highlights of Astronomy

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Abstract

We summarize the results presented in Krause et al. (2012) on the impact of supernova-driven shells and dark-remnant accretion on gas expulsion in globular cluster infancy.

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