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Muzzio: Our more recent results suggest that massive central galaxies may increase their globular cluster population indeed, but by not more than about 40%; thus, I do not think now that it is possible for M 87 to get three times the “normal” population by taking its globular clusters from other galaxies. Besides, I have just found that our original idea that the central giant galaxies capture globular clusters from dwarf galaxies was wrong: the mean magnitude difference between the donor galaxy and the capturing galaxy is about 1.4 mag and one cannot have a large metallicity difference from so similar galaxies.
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Grindlay, J.E., Davis Philip, A.G. (1988). Discussion. In: Grindlay, J.E., Davis Philip, A.G. (eds) The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 126. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1104-9_36
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