Explaining the Mysterious Age Gap of Globular Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Bekki, Kenji; Couch, Warrick; Beasley, Michael; Forbes, Duncan A; Chiba, Masashi; Da Costa, Gary

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Explaining the Mysterious Age Gap of Globular Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Date

2004

Authors

Bekki, Kenji

Couch, Warrick

Beasley, Michael

Forbes, Duncan A

Chiba, Masashi

Da Costa, Gary

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has a unique cluster formation history in that nearly all of its globular clusters were formed either ∼13 Gyr ago or less than ∼3 Gyr ago. It is not clear what physical mechanism is responsible for the most recent clus