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Published February 6, 2003 | Version Submitted
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Correlations of Globular Cluster Properties: Their Interpretations and Uses

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Abstract

Correlations among the independently measured physical properties of globular clusters (GCs) can provide powerful tests for theoretical models and new insights into their dynamics, formation, and evolution. We review briefly some of the previous work, and present preliminary results from a comparative study of GC correlations in the Local Group galaxies. The results so far indicate that these diverse GC systems follow the same fundamental correlations, suggesting a commonality of formative and evolutionary processes which produce them.

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We wish to thank our collaborators, and the staff of W.M. Keck Observatory for their expert help during our observing runs. This work was supported by grants from the NSF, NASA/STScI (GO-6671 and AR-8735), and private donors in the U.S., and ASI and MURST in Italy. PC was supported in part by a Fairchild Fellowship, and TJ by a SURF Fellowship at Caltech.

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GO-6671
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AR-8735
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
Sherman Fairchild Foundation
Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

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