Abstract
Using high-dispersion spectra from the HIRES echelle spectrograph on the Keck I telescope, we measure velocity dispersions for four globular clusters (GCs) in M33. Combining the velocity dispersions with integrated photometry and structural parameters derived from King-Michie model fits to Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 images, we obtain mass-to-light ratios for the clusters. The mean value is M/LV = 1.53 ± 0.18, very similar to the M/LV of Milky Way and M31 GCs. The M33 clusters also fit very well into the fundamental plane and binding energy–luminosity relations derived for Milky Way GCs. Dynamically and structurally, the four M33 clusters studied here appear virtually identical to Milky Way and M31 GCs.
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