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

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