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William E. Harris

Researcher at McMaster University

Publications -  370
Citations -  21323

William E. Harris is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Globular cluster & Galaxy. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 362 publications receiving 20288 citations. Previous affiliations of William E. Harris include Universities Space Research Association & McMaster-Carr.

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The effect of orbital eccentricity on the dynamical evolution of star clusters

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of orbital eccentricity on the dynamical evolution of star clusters was explored using N-body simulations and the authors found that the corresponding circular orbit which best describes the evolution of a cluster on an eccentric orbit is much less than its semi-major axis or time averaged galactocentric distance.
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Tracing the Outer Halo in a Giant Elliptical to 25 Reff

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 cameras on board the Hubble Space Telescope to resolve stars in the halo of the nearest giant elliptical (gE) galaxy NGC 5128 out to a projected distance of 140 kpc (25 effective radii, R {sub eff}) along the major axis.
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Mass functions for globular cluster main sequences based on CCD photometry and stellar models

TL;DR: Les fonctions de luminosite de la sequence principale, construite a partir d'observations CCD, revelent une forte correlation entre la pente and la metallicite as mentioned in this paper.