AuriGLOBES is a new subgrid model implemented in Auriga simulations that incorporates compressive tides and compact-object mass loss to transform an initial Schechter mass function into observed globular cluster populations while reproducing the GC system mass-halo mass relation.
Star Clusters in M31: II. Old Cluster Metallicities and Ages from Hectospec Data
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We present new high signal-to-noise spectroscopic data on the M31 globular cluster system, obtained with the Hectospec multifiber spectrograph on the 6.5m MMT. More than 300 clusters have been observed at a resolution of 5A. The primary focus of this paper is the determination of mean cluster metallicities, ages and reddenings. Metallicities were estimated using a calibration of Lick indices with [Fe/H] provided by Galactic GCs. The metallicity distribution is not generally bimodal, in strong distinction with the bimodal Galactic globular distribution. Rather, the M31 distribution shows a broad peak, centered at [Fe/H]=-1, suggesting that the cluster systems of M31 and the Milky Way had different formation histories. Ages for clusters with [Fe/H] > -1 were determined using the automatic stellar population analysis program EZ_Ages. We find no evidence for massive clusters in M31 with intermediate ages. Moreover, we find that the mean ages of the old GCs are remarkably constant over about a decade in metallicity (-0.95 < [Fe/H] < 0.0). (abridged)
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N-body simulation of a major merger shows M31's extended rotating stellar disc as a stretched and warped remnant of the progenitor disc extending beyond 40 kpc.
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Introducing AuriGLOBES: the effect of compressive tides, compact object-induced mass loss, and size evolution on modelling globular clusters
AuriGLOBES is a new subgrid model implemented in Auriga simulations that incorporates compressive tides and compact-object mass loss to transform an initial Schechter mass function into observed globular cluster populations while reproducing the GC system mass-halo mass relation.
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The Merger-Driven Origin of the Vast Extended Stellar Disc Around the Andromeda Galaxy
N-body simulation of a major merger shows M31's extended rotating stellar disc as a stretched and warped remnant of the progenitor disc extending beyond 40 kpc.