A missing link in Galaxy evolution: The mysteries of dissolving star clusters

Anne Pellerin; Martin Meyer; Jason Harris; Daniela Calzetti

doi:10.1017/S1743921306005606

A missing link in Galaxy evolution: The mysteries of dissolving star clusters

Anne Pellerin
, Martin Meyer
, Jason Harris
, Daniela Calzetti

Physics & Astronomy

SUNY Geneseo

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Abstract

Assuming that most stars form in clusters (Lada & Lada 2003), one might initially expect to find most massive stars in stellar clusters and to detect most of the UV emission in young compact stellar clusters. However, Meurer et al. (1995) showed that in starburst galaxies only 20% of the UV emission at 2200 is detected in clusters while 80% is diffuse emission from sources in the inter-cluster medium. This phenomenon is also observed for normal galaxies (Hoopes et al. 2001).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	128
Number of pages	1
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume	2
Issue number	S235
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921306005606
State	Published - Aug 2006

Keywords

Galaxies: evolution
Galaxies: star clusters
Stars: early-type

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