The Formation and Evolution of Globular Cluster Systems and Their Host Galaxies
Steve Zepf (Michigan State)
I will present some new results on the properties of globular
cluster systems and discuss the implications of these results for
the formation history of their host galaxies. Some of the new
results include constraints on formation models for globular
clusters based on the properties of observed young clusters,
constraints on the formation epoch(s) of elliptical galaxies
from the ages of their globular cluster populations, and
constraints on some galaxy formation mechanisms from
the kinematics of globular cluster systems.
