The fundamental straight line of galactic globular clusters

@article{citeulike:2360240, abstract = {A detailed analysis of the Fundamental Plane properties of globular clusters is performed. If a sample of ordinary King Model clusters is considered, it is found that, in the space (S-space) defined by the parameters (log r\_c,log sigma\_0, mu\_V(0)), their configuration is similar to a straight line. It is shown that, with rather simple assumptions, a simultaneous explanation of all the observed correlations between S-space parameters can be provided. It is suggested that, at earlier times, globular clusters populated a line in the three-dimensional S-space, i.e their original dynamical structure was fully determined by a single physical parameter.}, author = {Bellazzini, M. }, citeulike-article-id = {2360240}, doi = {10.1016/S1384-1076(98)00006-2}, eprint = {astro-ph/9802100}, journal = {New Astronomy}, keywords = {fp}, month = {June}, pages = {219--230}, posted-at = {2008-02-10 19:33:59}, priority = {0}, title = {The fundamental straight line of galactic globular clusters}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9802100}, volume = {3}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2360240 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2360240 TI - The fundamental straight line of galactic globular clusters JF - New Astronomy VL - 3 SP - 219 EP - 230 N2 - A detailed analysis of the Fundamental Plane properties of globular clusters is performed. If a sample of ordinary King Model clusters is considered, it is found that, in the space (S-space) defined by the parameters (log r_c,log sigma_0, mu_V(0)), their configuration is similar to a straight line. It is shown that, with rather simple assumptions, a simultaneous explanation of all the observed correlations between S-space parameters can be provided. It is suggested that, at earlier times, globular clusters populated a line in the three-dimensional S-space, i.e their original dynamical structure was fully determined by a single physical parameter. KW - fp AU - Bellazzini, M PY - 1998/June// UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9802100 ER -