Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies: Proceedings of the Joint ESO-FONDAP Workshop on Globular Clusters held in Concepción, Chile, 6-10 March 2006 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)

The principal question of whether and how globular clusters can contribute to a better understanding of galaxy formation and evolution is perhaps the main driving force behind the overall endeavour of studying globular cluster systems. Naturally, this splits up into many individual problems. The objective of the __Joint ESO-FONDAP Workshop on Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies__ was to bring together researchers, both observational and theoretical, to present and discuss the most recent results. Topics covered in these proceedings are: internal dynamics of globular clusters and interaction with host galaxies (tidal tails, evolution of cluster masses), accretion of globular clusters, detailed descriptions of nearby cluster systems, ultracompact dwarfs, formations of massive clusters in mergers and elsewhere, the ACS Virgo survey, galaxy formation and globular clusters, dynamics and kinematics of globular cluster systems and dark matter-related problems.With its wide coverage of the topic, this book constitutes a valuable reference of the scientific knowledge of the field. Front Matter....Pages I-8 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Open Questions in the Globular Cluster – Galaxy Connection....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Detailed Chemical Abundances of Extragalactic Globular Clusters....Pages 11-15 Spectroscopic Abundances and Radial Velocities of the Galactic Globular Clusters 2MASS GC01 and 2MASS GC02: Preliminary Results....Pages 17-19 Abundance Anomalies in Galactic Globular Clusters – Looking for the Stellar Culprits....Pages 21-24 Globular Clusters in the Direction of the Inner Galaxy....Pages 25-26 Globular Cluster Research with Astronomical Archives....Pages 27-28 Super-He-Rich Populations in Globular Clusters....Pages 29-30 Testing the BH 176 and Berkeley 29 Association with GASS/Monoceros....Pages 31-32 New Yonsei-Yale ( Y 2 ) Isochrones and Horizontal-Branch Evolutionary Tracks with Helium Enhancements....Pages 33-34 Search for Candle Stars in Globular Clusters: Spectroscopic Analysis of Post-AGB Candidates....Pages 35-36 The Lack of Binaries Among Hot Horizontal Branch Stars: M80 and NGC5986....Pages 37-38 Semi-Empirical Determination of the Mass Distribution of Horizontal Branch Stars in M3....Pages 39-40 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Globular Clusters, Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes....Pages 43-50 UCDs – A Mixed Bag of Objects....Pages 51-58 Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies and Globular Clusters: A Review of Their Spatial and Dynamical Properties....Pages 59-62 The Maximum Mass of Star Clusters....Pages 63-67 The Stellar Population of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 69-73 News on Ultra-Compact Dwarfs and Blue Globular Clusters....Pages 75-78 UCDs and GCs: Structural Differences from HST Imaging....Pages 79-80 Ultra-Compact Stellar Systems in the Fornax Galaxy Cluster....Pages 81-82 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Multi-Colour Imaging of Ultra-Compact Objects in the Fornax Cluster....Pages 83-84 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Hierarchical Formation of Galactic Clusters....Pages 87-93 Young Massive Clusters – Formation Efficiencies and (Initial) Mass Functions....Pages 95-102 The Radii of Thousands of Star Clusters in M51 with HST/ACS ....Pages 103-106 Extragalactic Star Clusters in Merging Galaxies....Pages 107-110 The Environment of Young Massive Clusters....Pages 111-114 Star/Cluster Formation in Complexes: Insights from IFUs and HST....Pages 115-116 Spectral Evolution of Blue Concentrated Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud....Pages 117-118 Young Star Clusters in the SMC....Pages 119-120 Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Magellanic System by NANTEN....Pages 121-122 Two Star Cluster Populations in NGC 45....Pages 123-124 Characterization of Open Cluster Remnants....Pages 125-126 HST Photometry of the Binary Globular Cluster Sersic 13N-S in NGC5128 [1] ....Pages 127-129 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 LMC Cluster Abundances and Kinematics....Pages 133-140 Globular Clusters in Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 141-148 Globular Clusters in Dwarf and Giant Galaxies....Pages 149-156 The Age-Metallicity Relation of the SMC....Pages 157-160 Integrated Spectroscopic Analysis of Galactic and Small Magellanic Cloud Clusters....Pages 161-162 Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters and in the Field of the Fornax dSph Galaxy....Pages 163-164 Physical Parameters of Intermediate-Age LMC Clusters from Modelling of HST CMDs....Pages 165-166 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 RGB Properties of the LMC/SMC Clusters in the Infrared....Pages 167-168 WLM-1: A Non-Rotating, Gravitationally Unperturbed, Highly Elliptical Extragalactic Globular Cluster....Pages 169-170 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Star Clusters in M33 – Clues to Galaxy Formation and Evolution....Pages 173-180 M31 and its Globular Clusters....Pages 181-188 IR Integrated Light Colors For Galactic GCs and An Update on Young M31 Globular Clusters....Pages 189-192 Nuclear Star Clusters in Edge-on Galaxies....Pages 193-196 HST ACS Wide-Field Photometry of the Sombrero Galaxy Globular Cluster System....Pages 197-201 Intermediate-Age Globular Clusters in M31....Pages 203-206 Metal-Poor Globular Clusters of the Galactic Bulge....Pages 207-208 Globular Cluster System and Milky Way Properties Revisited....Pages 209-211 RR Lyrae-Based Calibration of the Globular Cluster Luminosity Function....Pages 213-214 Globular Cluster Systems in Spiral Galaxies Using ACS Imaging....Pages 215-216 Laser Guide Star Imaging of M31 Globulars....Pages 217-219 GALEX UV Observations of M31 Globular Clusters....Pages 221-222 Integrated Spectroscopy of Galactic Globular Clusters....Pages 223-224 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Globular Cluster Systems: Do They Really Trace Star Formation? (Or Rather: What Mode of Star Formation Do They Trace?)....Pages 227-234 Globular Clusters in Early Type Galaxies....Pages 235-243 Globular Clusters and Galaxy Formation....Pages 245-252 Globular Cluster Systems in Giant Ellipticals: New and Old Patterns....Pages 253-261 The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey....Pages 263-270 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Globular Clusters at the Centre of the Fornax Cluster: Tracing Interactions Between Galaxies....Pages 271-274 Globular Cluster Bimodality Revisited (and the Globulars-Galaxy Halo Connection)....Pages 275-278 Globular Cluster Systems, Diffuse Star Clusters, and Host Galaxies in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey....Pages 279-282 Hot Populations in M87 Globular Clusters....Pages 283-286 A Subaru/Suprime-Cam Wide-Field Survey of Globular Cluster Populations around M87....Pages 287-291 Stellar Populations of Globular Clusters in NGC 1407....Pages 293-294 The Globular Cluster System of NGC 5846 Revisited: Colours, Sizes and X-Ray Counterparts....Pages 295-296 Globular Cluster Systems in Shell Ellipticals....Pages 297-298 GMOS Photometry of Five Globular Cluster Systems: NGC 4649, NGC 3923, NGC 524, NGC 3115 and NGC 3379....Pages 299-300 Structural Parameters from Ground-based Observations of Globular Clusters in NGC 5128....Pages 301-302 Globular Cluster Populations in Early-Type Galaxies....Pages 303-304 The Low-Mass X-Ray Binary Globular Cluster Connection in the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey....Pages 305-306 The Globular Cluster System of NGC 5128: Combining Broad-Band Color and Lick Index Analysis....Pages 307-308 The Galaxy – Globular Cluster Connection in NGC 3115....Pages 309-310 Velocity Dispersions of Bright Globular Clusters in NGC 5128....Pages 311-312 Front Matter....Pages 313-313 Imprint of Galaxy Formation and Evolution on Globular Cluster Properties....Pages 315-322 Formation of Globular Clusters in Hierarchical Cosmology: ART and Science....Pages 323-330 Globular Cluster Formation in Mergers....Pages 331-338 The Formation Histories of Metal-Rich and Metal-Poor Globular Clusters....Pages 339-346 Globular Cluster System Evolution in Early Type Galaxies....Pages 347-351 Front Matter....Pages 313-313 Star Cluster Evolution: From Young Massive Star Clusters to Old Globulars....Pages 353-356 A Wide-Field Survey of the Globular Cluster Systems of Giant Galaxies....Pages 357-360 IGCs in the Virgo Cluster....Pages 361-365 A New Explanation of Globular Cluster Color Distributions....Pages 367-371 Formation of Intracluster and Intercluster Globular Clusters....Pages 373-374 The Effect of Giant Molecular Clouds on Star Clusters....Pages 375-376 Metal-rich Globular Clusters: An Unaccounted Factor Responsible for Their Formation?....Pages 377-379 On the Globular Cluster Color Distributions....Pages 381-383 Front Matter....Pages 385-385 Dissolution of Globular Clusters....Pages 387-394 Dynamical Masses of Young Star Clusters: Constraints on the Stellar IMF and Star-Formation Efficiency....Pages 395-398 Dynamical Evolution of Rotating Globular Clusters with Embedded Black Holes....Pages 399-402 The Dynamical Evolution of Young Clusters and Galactic Implications....Pages 403-406 Simulations of Globular Clusters Merging in Galactic Nuclear Regions....Pages 407-410 The Origin of the Gaussian Initial Mass Function of Globular Cluster Systems....Pages 411-414 Evolution of Globular Cluster Systems....Pages 415-418 Tidal Disruption and the Tale of Three Clusters....Pages 419-420 Tidal Tails Around Globular Clusters: Are they Good Tracers of Cluster Orbits?....Pages 421-422 Modelling the Tidal Tails of NGC 5466....Pages 423-424 The Search for Tidal Tails of Globular Clusters: NGC4147....Pages 425-426 Internal Rotation of Young Globular Clusters....Pages 427-428 Front Matter....Pages 385-385 Mass Segregation in Young Star Clusters....Pages 429-430 Front Matter....Pages 431-431 Kinematics of Globular Cluster Systems....Pages 433-443 Dark Matter in the Elliptical Galaxies NGC 1399 and NGC 4636....Pages 445-448 Ages, Abundances, and Kinematics of Globular Clusters in NGC 3379 and NGC 4649 with Gemini/GMOS....Pages 449-451 The Dark Halo of NGC 1399 and MOND....Pages 453-454 Dynamics of the Globular Cluster System of NGC 5128....Pages 455-456 The principal question of whether and how globular clusters can contribute to a better understanding of galaxy formation and evolution is perhaps the main driving force behind the overall endeavour of studying globular cluster systems. Naturally, this splits up into many individual problems. The objective of the Joint ESO-FONDAP Workshop on Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies was to bring together researchers, both observational and theoretical, to present and discuss the most recent results. Topics covered in these proceedings are: internal dynamics of globular clusters and interaction with host galaxies (tidal tails, evolution of cluster masses), accretion of globular clusters, detailed descriptions of nearby cluster systems, ultracompact dwarfs, formations of massive clusters in mergers and elsewhere, the ACS Virgo survey, galaxy formation and globular clusters, dynamics and kinematics of globular cluster systems and dark matter-related problems. With its wide coverage of the topic, this book constitutes a valuable reference of the scientific knowledge of the field.