The evolution of high-z proto-star clusters into local globular clusters

arXiv:2607.00206 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-06-30 · Read on arXiv

A. Della Croce, E. Vesperini, R. Pascale, A. Askar, F. Calura, E. Dalessandro, M. Giersz

astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-06-30

Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication by A&A Letters

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

Terminology

• James Webb Space Telescope — 3× in this paper
• Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gyr with the Milky Way — 1× in this paper
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• N-body simulations — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Spatially Resolved Physical Properties of Young Star Clusters and Star-forming Clumps in the Brightest z>6 Galaxy, the Strongly Lensed Cosmic Spear at z=6.2
• A first GLIMPSE into star clusters populations across cosmic time
• Proof that the Milky Way experienced a significant merger only 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang

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