How Did Globular Clusters Form?
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How Did Globular Clusters Form?
It is suggested that there have been at least two physically distinct epochs of massive cluster formation. The first generation of globular clusters may have formed as halo gas was compressed by shocks driven inward by ionization fronts generated during cosmic reionization (Cen 2001) at z ∼ 6 (Becker et al. 2001). On the other hand a second generation of massive clusters might have been formed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0004-637X
DOI: 10.1086/323754