ARE SOME MILKY WAY GLOBULAR CLUSTERS HOSTED BY UNDISCOVERED GALAXIES?

The confirmation of a globular cluster (GC) in the recently discovered ultrafaint galaxy Eridanus II (Eri II) motivated us to examine the question posed in the title. After estimating the halo mass of Eri II using a published stellar mass-halo mass relation, the one GC in this galaxy supports extend...

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Main Authors: Zaritsky, Dennis, Crnojević, Denija, Sand, David J.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Steward Observ
Language:en
Published: IOP PUBLISHING LTD 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621403
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/621403