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Globular Cluster Luminosity Function

Globular Cluster Luminosity Function is a statistical model that describes the distribution of luminosities of globular clusters in a galaxy, serving as a standard candle method for estimating extragalactic distances based on the characteristic peak in their brightness distribution.

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581

A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way

William E. Harris · The Astronomical Journal · 1996 · 4.6K citations

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The Luminosity Function of Young Star Clusters in “the Antennae” Galaxies (NGC 4038/4039)

Bradley C. Whitmore, Qing Zhang, Claus Leitherer et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 1999 · 651 citations · Full text

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A Universal Formation Mechanism for Open and Globular Clusters in Turbulent Gas

Bruce G. Elmegreen, Yuri N. Efremov · The Astrophysical Journal · 1997 · 582 citations

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Properties of stellar generations in globular clusters and relations with global parameters

E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, R. Gratton et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2010 · 522 citations · Full text

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The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. IX. The Color Distributions of Globular Cluster Systems in Early‐Type Galaxies

Eric W. Peng, Andrés Jordán, Patrick Côté et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2006 · 444 citations · Full text

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  1. WE
    William E. Harris

    McMaster University, Canada

    41 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. JP
    John P. Blakeslee

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    17 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. PB
    P. B. Stetson

    Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada

    16 publications · 2K citations

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  4. HB
    Harvey B. Richer

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. GG
    Gregory G. Fahlman

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    14 publications · 676 citations

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Institutions

388

  1. European Southern Observatory

    Garching bei München, Germany

    38 h-index

    77 publications

    5.3K citations

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    34 h-index

    98 publications

    10K citations

  3. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    29 h-index

    61 publications

    5.9K citations

  4. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

    Victoria, Canada

    28 h-index

    59 publications

    4.9K citations

  5. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    24 h-index

    55 publications

    3.8K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    23 h-index

    48 publications

    4.6K citations

  7. Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    21 h-index

    73 publications

    6K citations

  8. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    21 h-index

    41 publications

    3.4K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 190 publications · 11.4K citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 129 publications · 12.8K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    86 publications · 4.9K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    40 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

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