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Title

New horizons in globular cluster astronomy : proceedings of a conference held at Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, 24-28 June, 2002 / edited by Giampaolo Piotto [and others].

Publication

San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, ©2003.

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Additional Authors

• King, Ivan R.
• Piotto, G. (Giampaolo)

Description

xxx, 630 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Series Statement

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 296

Uniform Title

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 296.

Subject

• Stars > Globular clusters > Congresses
• 39.40 stars and star systems: general
• Stars > Globular clusters
• Sterrenclusters
• STARS
• GLOBULAR CLUSTERS
• GALACTIC EVOLUTION
• ASTROPHYSICS
• CONFERENCES

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Congresses (form)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and author index.

Contents

• A Life with the Globular Clusters -- My Lucky Stars / I.R. King -- Globular Clusters: a Partial Overview / G. Meylan -- Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters -- Theory of Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters / R. Spurzem, S. Deiters, J. Fiestas -- Numerical Dynamics : an Overview and a Vision / S. McMillan -- Hydrodynamical Simulations of Stellar Collisions: with a Focus on Blue Stragglers / M.B. Davies -- Dynamical Models with Stellar Evolution and Binaries / J.R. Hurley, M.M. Shara, S.J. Aarseth, C.A. Tout, O.R. Pols -- Collisions between Main-Sequence Stars of Various Masses / T. Adams, M.B. Davies, A. Sills, M. Bate -- Hybrid Code -- Direct Integration of Three- and Four-Body Interactions / M. Giersz, R. Spurzem -- Evolutionary Time Scale in Two-Component Clusters / E. Khalisi -- The Runaway Growth of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters / S. McMillan, S. Portegies Zwart -- Ellipticals and Globular Clusters: Some Common Features / L. Secco -- Observational Dynamics of Globular Clusters -- An HST Study of the Central Kinematics of M15 / J. Gerssen, R.P. van der Marel, K. Gebhardt, P. Guhathakurta, R.C. Peterson, C. Pryor -- Fitting Dynamical Models to Observations / D.E. McLaughlin -- Radial Velocities of Globular Cluster Stars / C. Pryor, B. Xie -- Astrometry with HST: the Promise and the Perils / J. Anderson -- Preliminary Results from VLT (FORS1) Photometry of NGC 6397 / G. Andreuzzi, V. Testa, G. Marconi, G. Alcaino, F. Alvarado, R. Buonanno -- Dynamical Evolution of M92 Globular Cluster / M.R. de Oliveira, A. Fausti, H. Dottori, R.R. de Carvalho -- Absolute Proper Motions of Globular Clusters in the Inner Halo and Bulge of the Milky Way / D.I. Dinescu, T.M. Girard, W.F. van Altena -- Astrometry in the Core of NGC 6752 / G.A. Drukier, C.D. Bailyn, W.F. van Altena, T.M. Girard -- The Radial Density Profile of NGC 6752 / F.R. Ferraro, A. Possenti, P. Lagani, E. Sabbi, N. D'Amico, R.T. Rood -- Unveiling Black Holes Ejected from Globular Clusters / A. Gualandris, M. Colpi, A. Possenti -- HST/WFPC2 Proper Motions in the Core of 47 Tucanae / D.E. McLaughlin, G. Meylan, J. Anderson, I.R. King, K. Gebhardt, C. Pryor -- Surface Brightness Profiles of Galactic Globular Clusters / E. Noyola, K. Gebhardt -- A Test of Newton's Law of Gravity in the Weak Acceleration Regime / R. Scarpa, G. Marconi, R. Gilmozzi -- Velocity Dispersion in the Halo of [omega] Centauri: No Need for MOND Given the Present Data / D.E. McLaughlin, G. Meylan -- The Galactic Orbit of the Globular Cluster M3 / Z.Y. Wu, J.J. Wang, L. Chen -- Stellar Evolution in Globular Clusters -- Modern Stellar Evolution Models for Low Mass Stars / V. Castellani -- Color -- Magnitude Diagrams and Mass Functions of Globular Clusters down to the Hydrogen-Burning Limit / I.R. King -- Spectroscopy of Main Sequence Stars in Globular Clusters / R. Cannon, G. Da Costa, J. Norris, L. Stanford, B. Croke -- White Dwarfs in Globular Clusters -- Progenitors, Successors and the Real Thing / S. Moehler -- Mass Segregation in M22 / M.D. Albrow, G. De Marchi, K.C. Sahu -- The Stellar Mass-Function of Globular Clusters / H. Baumgardt -- Using M32 to Study Rapid Phases of Stellar Evolution / T.M. Brown, H.C. Ferguson -- Mass Loss Predictions for Hot Horizontal Branch Stars / S. Cassisi, J.S. Vink -- Theoretical Constraints on the Neutrino Magnetic Moment from the White Dwarf Cooling / V. Castellani, G. Coraggio, S. Degl'Innocenti, P.G. Prada Moroni -- Theoretical Evolutionary Tools for the Magellanic Clouds / V. Castellani, S. Degl'Innocenti, M. Marconi, P.G. Prada Moroni, P. Sestito -- Primordial or Dynamical Mass Segregation in Young LMC Clusters? / R. de Grijs, G.F. Gilmore, R. Johnson -- Globular Clusters: Mass Function and Metallicity / G. De Marchi, L. Pulone, F. Paresce, S. Covino -- NGC 1866: New Analysis from HST-WFPC2 Observations of the Inner Regions / E. Di Carlo, G. Raimondo, E. Brocato, V. Castellani, A.R. Walker -- The Bolognaf Key Project on [omega] Cen / F.R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini, L. Origlia, E. Pancino, A. Sollima -- Red Giant Branch Stars as Probes of Stellar Populations: 2MASS Calibration and Application to 2MASS GC01 / V.D. Ivanov, J. Borissova -- Models of Metal-Poor Stars with Gravitational Settling and Radiative Accelerations / G. Michaud, O. Richard, J. Richer, D.A. VandenBerg -- Wide Field Photometry of Globular Clusters: the Case of M22 and M54 / L. Monaco, E. Pancino, F.R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini -- High Resolution IR Spectroscopy of Bulge Globular Clusters / L. Origlia, R.M. Rich -- The Metal-Rich Population in [omega] Cen / E. Pancino, L. Origlia, F.R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini, V. Hill, L. Pasquini -- Self-Enrichment of Galactic Halo Globular Clusters / G. Parmentier, A. Noels, G.F. Gilmore -- HST Color-Magnitude Diagrams of 74 Galactic Globular Clusters: the Snapshot Database / G. Piotto, F. De Angeli, M. Riello, A. Recio-Blanco, I.R. King, S.G. Djorgovski, M. Zoccali, A. Renzini, I. Saviane, C. Sosin, R.M. Rich, G. Meylan -- The Red Giant Branch Bump / M. Riello, G. Piotto, A. Recio-Blanco, S. Cassisi, M. Salaris -- UVES Abundances of Stars in Nearby Galaxies: How Good Are Theoretical Isochrones? / E. Tolstoy -- FUSE Observations of the Post-AGB Star ZNG 1 in the Globular Cluster M5 (NGC 5904) / W. Van Dyke Dixon, T.M. Brown, W.B. Landsman -- The BaSel 3.1 Stellar SED Library: an Ideal Tool for Globular Cluster Studies / P. Westera, R. Buser -- The Y[superscript 2] Isochrones / S. Yi, P. Demarque, Y.C. Kim -- Interplay of Stellar Evolution and Stellar Dynamics -- Binary Evolution and Neutron Stars in Globular Clusters / F. Verbunt -- Recent Breakthroughs in Detecting Neutron Star Binaries in Globular Clusters / P. Edmonds -- Hot Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters: a Photometrist's View / G. Piotto -- Rotation and Abundance Anomalies in Blue Horizontal -- Branch Stars / B. Behr -- Contributed Papers -- Gravitational Radiation from Globular Cluster Binaries / M. Benacquista -- Radial Distribution of Red Giant Branch Stars of Galactic Globular Clusters in 2MASS Database / J. Borissova, V.D. Ivanov -- On the Oosterhoff Classification of the Unusual, Metal-Rich Globular Cluster NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 / M. Catelan, A.V. Sweigart, B.J. Pritzl, H.A. Smith -- Is NGC 6752 Hiding a Double Black Hole Binary in its Core? / M. Colpi, A. Gualandris, A. Possenti -- Is the Helium Variation Due to Self-Pollution Responsible for the Appearence of Blue Tails in the Horizontal Branch? / F. D'Antona, V. Caloi, J. Montalban, P. Ventura, R. Gratton -- Statistical Study of the Blue Straggler Properties in Galactic Globular Clusters / F. De Angeli, G. Piotto -- The X-Ray Sources of Omega Centauri / B. Gendre, N.A. Webb, D. Barret -- The Radial Distribution of Millisecond Pulsars in 47 Tuc / M.A. Gurkan, F.A. Rasio -- Some Clues on the Tilt of the Horizontal Branches in Metal-Rich Clusters / G. Raimondo, V. Castellani, S. Cassisi, E. Brocato, G. Piotto -- Rotation of Hot Horizontal Branch Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters / A. Recio-Blanco, G. Piotto, A. Aparicio, A. Renzini -- First Wailings from a New-Borm MSP in NGC 6397? / E. Sabbi, F.R. Ferraro, A. Possenti, N. D'Amico -- Radial Velocity Observations and Radius Determination of Pulsating Stars in Globular Cluster M5 / M.E. Sachkov, A.S. Rastorguev -- Statistical Investigation of Apparent Distributions of Different Population RGB Stars in [omega] Cen / A.F. Seleznev, E. Pancino, G. Piotto, F.R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini -- A New Formation Mechanism for the Hottest Horizontal-Branch Stars / A.V. Sweigart, T.M. Brown, T. Lanz, W.B. Landsman, I. Hubeny -- Accretion of Gas by Globular Cluster Stars / A. Thoul, E. Jehin, P. Magain, A. Noels, G. Parmentier, A. Jorissen, S. Goriely -- XMM-Newton Observations and Optical Photometry of the Globular Cluster M22 (NGC 6656) / N.A. Webb, B. Gendre, D. Barret -- Ages, Distances, and the Gc -- Halo Connection -- Abundance Anomalies ino Globular Clusters / R. Gratton -- Globular Cluster Distances / C. Cacciari -- Globular Cluster Ages: Absolute and Relative / F. Grundahl -- Multi -- Wavelength Observations of Stellar Populations in Galactic Globular Clusters / F.R. Ferraro -- The Distance to NGC 6822 from its RR Lyrae's / L. Baldacci, L. Rizzi, G. Clementini, E.V. Held, Y. Momany, L. Di Fabrizio, I. Saviane -- VLT-UVES Spectroscopy of the Subgiant I-24 of the Bulge Globular Cluster NGC 6528 in Baade's Window / B. Barbuy, C. Dutra, V. Hill, S. Ortolani, Y. Momany, E. Bica, A. Renzini, M. Zoccali, L. Pasquini, D. Minniti, R.M. Rich -- Accurate Internal Proper Motions of Globular Clusters / L.R. Bedin, G. Piotto, J. Anderson, I.R. King -- Search for Variables in the Globular Cluster M56 / J.M. Benko -- Lithium in NGC 6397: Evidence for a Primordial Origin / P. Bonifacio, L. Pasquini, F. Spite, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, V. Castellani, M. Centurion, A. Chieffi, G. Clementini, F. D'Antona, S. Desidera, P. Francois, R. Gratton, F. Grundahl, G. James, S. Lucatello, C. Sneden, O. Straniero -- Surface Brightness Fluctuations: a Theoretical Point of View / M. Cantiello, G. Raimondo, E. Brocato, M. Capaccioli -- Global Metallicity of Globular Cluster Stars from Color-Magnitude Diagrams / S. Cassisi, F. Caputo -- Pulsational Constraints to the Distance to Globular Clusters / M. Di Criscenzio, M. Marconi, F. Caputo -- Stellar Abundances in Giant Stars in the Metal-Rich Globular Cluster NGC 6528 / S. Feltzing, F. Primas, R. Johnson -- Anomalous Cepheids: Pulsation Models and Comparison with Observations / G. Fiorentino, M. Marconi, F. Caputo -- New Determination of the Distances to NGC 6397, NGC 6752 and 47 Tuc Based on Main Sequence Fitting / R. Gratton, E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, G. Clementini, F. Grundahl -- Magnesium Isotope Ratios in NGC 6752 Red Giant Stars / F. Grundahl, P.E. Nissen, D. Yong, D.L. Lambert, M. Briley
• Heavy Elements Abundances in Turn-off Stars and Early Subgiants in NGC 6752 / G. James, P. Francois -- Metallicity Spread in M3 / J. Jurcsik -- Multiwavelength Time Series Data of the LMC Cluster Reticulum / M. Monelli, G. Andreuzzi, G. Bono, R. Buonanno, F. Caputo, M. Castellani, V. Castellani, C.E. Corsi, M. Dall'Ora, G. Marconi, L. Pulone, V. Ripepi, J. Storm, V. Testa -- A New Survey of Variability in the Core of M15 with TRIFFID-2 / S.O Tuairisg, R. Butler, A. Shearer, M. Redfern, D. Butler -- A Photometric Method for Estimating CNO Abundances in Globular Clusters / D. Peat, R. Butler -- Resolving the 47 Tucanae Distance Problem / S. Percival, M. Salaris, F. van Wyk, D. Kilkenny -- Pulsational Properties of Cluster RR Lyrae Stars / S. Petroni, G. Bono, V. Castellani -- Horizontal-Branch Morphology as an Age Indicator / S.-C. Rey, Y.-W. Lee, S.-J. Yoon, Y.-J. Sohn, B. Chaboyer, A. Sarajedini -- The Relative Ages of LMC Old Clusters and the Case of NGC 1841 / I. Saviane, A. Rosenberg, A. Aparicio, G. Piotto -- RR Lyrae Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 6304 / E. Valenti, M. Bellazzini, C. Cacciari -- The Age of M3 / E. Wenger, R. Buser -- Formation and Disruption of Globular Clusters -- Formation of the Galactic Halo / O. Gerhard -- Globular Cluster Formation / R. Pudritz, M.L. Weil -- Formation and Dynamical Evolution of Star Cluster Systems / S.M. Fall, Q. Zhang -- Signatures of Disruption Around Globular Clusters / K. Johnston -- Tidal Disruption and Globular Clusters: Observational View / S. Majewski -- The Formation of Globular Cluster Systems / P. Cote -- Formation of Globular Clusters in Merging Galaxies / F. Schweizer -- Correlations of Globular Cluster Properties: Their Interpretations and Uses / S.G. Djorgovski, P. Cote, G. Meylan, S. Castro, L. Federici, G. Parmeggiani, C. Cacciari, F. Fusi Pecci, R.M. Rich, T. Jou -- Globular Clusters in the Sgr dSph Stream / M. Bellazzini, F.R. Ferraro, R.A. Ibata -- The Formation of Metal-Poor Globular Clusters in the Inner Halo / J.-W. Lee, B.W. Carney -- On the Origin of [omega] Centauri and Other Massive Globular Clusters / Y.-W. Lee, S.-C. Rey, S.-J. Yoon, C.H. Ree, Y.-J. Sohn, J.-M. Joo -- Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds and Other Local Systems / A.D. Mackey, G.F. Gilmore -- Remnants of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Around the Young Globular Cluster Palomar 12 / D. Martinez-Delgado, R. Carrera, C. Gallart, R. Zinn -- Palomar 5 and its Tidal Tails: New Observational Results / M. Odenkirchen, E.K. Grebel, W. Dehnen, H.W. Rix, C.M. Rockosi, H. Newberg, B. Yanny -- Can We Know How Globular Clusters Form? / J. Perez, F. Roy -- Cluster Formation in the LMC / A. Vallenari, A. Moretti, E. Held, L. Rizzi, D. Bettoni -- Dynamical Evolution of the M87 Globular Cluster System / E. Vesperini, S.E. Zepf, A. Kundu, K.M. Ashman -- An Extensive Study of the Effects of Dynamical Friction on the Orbits of Globular Clusters / A. Vicari, R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta -- An Aligned Stream of the Most Metal-Poor Globular Clusters in the Halo of the Milky Way / S.-J. Yoon, Y.-W. Lee -- Globular Cluster Systems -- Observational Properties of Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems / D. Forbes -- Globular Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds / C. Chiosi -- The M31 Globular Cluster System / R.M. Rich -- Globular Clusters and Dwarf Galaxies / G.S. Da Costa -- A New Class of Star Clusters in Lenticular Galaxies / J.P. Brodie, S.S. Larsen -- Variable Stars in M31's Globular Clusters / D.R. Alves, A. Bergier, A. Crotts, P. Cseresnjes -- Analysing Multi-Color Observations of Young Star Clusters in Mergers / P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs -- Age and Metallicity of Three LMC Globular Clusters / G. Bertelli, E. Nasi, L. Girardi, C. Chiosi, M. Zoccali, C. Gallart -- N-Body Simulations of Globular Cluster-like Systems / P. Di Matteo, P. Miocchi, R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta -- Stellar Substructure in the Halo and Outer Disk of M31 / A.M.N. Ferguson, M.J. Irwin, R.A. Ibata, G.F. Lewis, N.R. Tanvir -- Globular Cluster Populations: Signatures and Implications / U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs -- Near-IR Surface Brightness Fluctuations of Magellanic Globular Clusters / R.A. Gonzalez, M.C. Liu, G.A. Bruzual, A. Marin-Franch -- Extragalactic Globular Clusters in the Near Infrared: Revealing Intermediate Age Populations in Early-Type Galaxies / M. Hempel, M. Kissler-Patig, M. Hilker, T.H. Puzia, J.P. Brodie, P. Goudfrooij, D. Minniti, S.E. Zepf -- Globular Clusters in the Central Region of Nearby Galaxy Clusters / M. Hilker -- Comparing the Old Stellar Population in Globulars and Dwarf Galaxies: the Cases of Phoenix and Leo A / U. Hopp, L. Greggio -- Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters and Dwarf Galaxies / C. Ikuta, N. Arimoto -- The Ages of Globular Clusters in M87 from Stromgren Photometry / A. Jordan, P. Cote, M.J. West, R.O. Marzke -- Do Intergalactic Globular Clusters Exist in A-1656 (Coma)? / A. Marin-Franch, A. Aparicio -- Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in M104 / A. Moretti, E.V. Held, L. Federici, C. Cacciari, L. Rizzi, V. Testa -- Chemical Evolution of the M82 B Fossil Starburst / G. Parmentier, R. de Grijs, G.F. Gilmore -- Ultra-Compact Dwarfs: a Missing Link Between Galaxies and Globular Clusters? / S. Phillipps, M.J. Drinkwater, H.C. Ferguson, M.D. Gregg, M. Hilker, J.B. Jones -- Future and Summary -- Future Opportunities for Globular Cluster Astronomy at Ground Based Facilities / A. Renzini -- Future Prospects: Merging Data with Models / G. Gilmore.

ISBN

• 1583811435
• 9781583811436

LCCN

2003105435

OCLC

• ocm54022703
• 54022703
• SCSB-1309413

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library