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EAS Publications Series
Volume 48, 2011
CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies
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| Page(s) | 243 - 248 | |
| Section | Globular Clusters, UCDs, cEs | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1148054 | |
| Published online | 11 July 2011 | |
M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel and I. Vauglin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 243–248
Wandering Globular Clusters: the First Dwarf Galaxies in the Universe?
1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National Unviersity, Seoul, Korea
2 Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Korea
3 CEA/Saclay, France
4 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan
e-mail: mglee@astro.snu.ac.kr
In the last decade we witness an advent of new types of dwarf stellar systems including ultra-compact dwarfs, ultra-faint dwarf spheroidals, and exotic globular clusters, breaking the old simple paradigm for dwarf galaxies and globular clusters. These objects be- come more intriguing, and understanding of these new findings becomes more challenging. Recently we discovered a new type of large scale structure in the Virgo cluster of galaxies: it is composed of globular clusters. Globular clusters in Virgo are found wandering between galaxies (intracluster globular clusters) as well as in galaxies. These intracluster globular clusters fill a significant fraction in the area of the Virgo cluster and they are dominated by blue globular clusters. These intracluster globular clusters may be closely related with the first dwarf galaxies in the universe.
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