Dynamical evolution of globular cluster systems in clusters of galaxies – I. The case of NGC 1404 in the Fornax cluster.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Bekki, K.; Forbes, Duncan A.; Beasley, Michael A.; Couch, W.J.
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 10/1/2003, Vol. 344 Issue 4, p1334. 11p.
- Subject
- *GLOBULAR clusters
*GALAXY clusters
*ACCRETION (Astrophysics)
- Language
- ISSN
- 0035-8711
Investigates the tidal stripping and accretion of globular clusters (GC) as well as the creation of models that simulate the situation for the GC systems of NGC 1404 and 1399 in the Fornax cluster, which have poor and rich GC systems. Dependence of the physical properties of the GC on the orbit and initial distribution of GC in NGC 1404; Trend for specific frequency S[sub N] to rise with increasing clustercentric distance; Intracluster globular clusters kinematics.