Inferring Globular Cluster Initial Mass Function from Stellar Streams

arXiv:2605.20322 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-19 · Read on arXiv

Claire S. Ye, Raymond G. Carlberg

astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-08-19

Updated: 2026-08-20

Comments: 7 pages, 10 figures, published in ApJL

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae8d0f

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Metallicity — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• James Webb Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Euclid Definition Study Report
• Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA Final Report
• Discovery of Ancient Globular Cluster Candidates in the Relic, a Quiescent Galaxy at $z=2.5$

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