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EAS Publications Series
Volume 48, 2011
CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies
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| Page(s) | 351 - 352 | |
| Section | Satellites, Streams, Ultra-Faint Galaxies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1148078 | |
| Published online | 11 July 2011 | |
M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel and I. Vauglin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 351–352
Searching for Tidal Remnants in the Milky Way: Photometric Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters
1 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Vía Láctea, s/n, La Laguna 38205, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2 Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna 38205, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
3 Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
e-mail: jacb@iac.es
It has been suggested that the outer young Galactic halo globular cluster population might be associated (or even the nuclei) to tidal disrupted dwarf spheroidals, now extinct galaxies. If this hypothesis is true, these systems might be still surrounded by a distinct and detectable stellar population similar to that of their progenitor galaxies. We have designed a systematic photometric survey of Galactic globular clusters to unveil the possible remnants of the systems where they were formed and estimate their contribution to the Galatic halo.
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