eprintid: 29004
rev_number: 18
eprint_status: archive
userid: 5494
dir: disk0/00/02/90/04
datestamp: 2020-11-02 13:34:09
lastmod: 2020-11-05 13:19:27
status_changed: 2020-11-02 13:34:09
type: doctoralThesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Reina Campos, Marta
title: Formation and evolution of globular clusters in a cosmological context
subjects: ddc-520
divisions: i-130001
divisions: i-714100
adv_faculty: af-13
abstract: Stellar clusters are observed in a variety of galactic environments, from their current formation sites like the disks of the Antennae galaxies to the old globular cluster populations which in the Milky Way mostly reside in the halo. This suggests that the evolution of these puzzling objects may be linked to that of their host galaxy. This thesis explores the formation and evolution of stellar clusters in a cosmological context. For that, analytical models are developed to describe the role of the galactic environment in shaping their demographics. A suite of cosmological, hydrodynamical simulations of Milky Way-mass galaxies from the E-MOSAICS project are used to study when stellar clusters form and how they evolve over cosmic history. These simulations are also employed to estimate the contribution of stellar clusters to the build-up of stellar haloes. Finally, the EMP-Pathfinder simulations are presented, which represent the next generation of simulations of the co-formation and evolution of stellar clusters alongside their host galaxies in a cold, dense cosmic environment. The conclusion drawn from these studies is that stellar clusters are tightly linked to their host cosmic environments. This leads to exciting new future directions that are briefly discussed.
date: 2020
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00029004
ppn_swb: 173796791X
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-290044
date_accepted: 2020-10-22
advisor: HASH(0x558eaa6a0df0)
language: eng
bibsort: REINACAMPOFORMATIONA2020
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
citation:   Reina Campos, Marta  (2020) Formation and evolution of globular clusters in a cosmological context.  [Dissertation]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/29004/1/202009-MRC-PhDThesis.pdf