Session 79. Star Clusters

Oral, Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 2:00-3:30pm, Jefferson East

79.01 On the Luminosity and Mass Function of the Trapezium Cluster

A.A. Muench, E.A. Lada (U. of Florida), C.J. Lada (CfA), J. Alves (ESO)

79.02 The White Dwarf Cooling Age of the Rich Open Star Cluster NGC 2099 (M37)

J.S. Kalirai (UBC), P. Ventura (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma), H.B. Richer (UBC), G.G. Fahlman (CFHT), P.D. Durrell (PSU), F. D'Antona (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma), G. Marconi (ESO)

79.03 Star Clusters as Type Ia Supernova Factories

M. Shara, J. Hurley (American Museum of Natural History)

79.04 The Early Stages of Massive Star Cluster Evolution

K. Johnson (NRAO/U.Wisconsin)

79.05 A Matched Filter Analaysis of the Tidal Tails of Pal 5

C. M. Rockosi (University of Washington)

79.06 The lives and deaths of star clusters near the Galactic Center

S. L. W. McMillan (Drexel University), S. F. Portegies Zwart (M.I.T. / University of Amsterdam)

79.07 Dynamical Evolution of the Globular Cluster System of M87

A. Kundu, S. Zepf (Michigan State University), K. Ashman (U Kansas/ Baker University)