The transition between star clusters and dwarf galaxies - On the existence of a mass-radius relation for star clusters of masses > M: are these objects formed in mergers of stellar systems?

M. Kissler-Patig; A. Jordán; N. Bastian

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054384

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Issue		A&A Volume 448, Number 3, March IV 2006


Page(s)		1031 - 1035
Section		Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054384
Published online		03 March 2006

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