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A Catalog of Globular Cluster Systems: What Determines the Size of a Galaxy's Globular Cluster Population?

  • Authors: William E. Harris, Gretchen L. H. Harris, and Matthew Alessi

Harris, Harris, & Alessi 2013 The Astrophysical Journal 772 82.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 2.

"Dynamical mass" plotted vs. total visual luminosity L V for the galaxies in the GCS catalog. Results are shown separately for the E/dE, S0, and spiral types. In each panel the diagonal line shows the best-fit linear solution to the ellipticals, as described in the text.

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