Intracluster globular clusters
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Intracluster globular clusters (also known as Intracluster GCs[1] or shortened to ICGCs[2]) are a type of globular cluster (GC) that are not bounded by the gravity of individual galaxies. Because they are unbounded by galaxies, they roam freely throughout galaxy clusters.[3] These types of globular clusters originate as debris that were tidally stripped from interacting galaxies or galaxy mergers, often stripped off from low-mass dwarf galaxies.[4] They may alternatively form as an already unbounded globular clusters (in situ).[3][5]