The self-enrichment of galactic halo globular clusters - The mass-metallicity relation

We discuss the existence of a mass-metallicity relation among galactic halo globular clusters. The lack of any luminosity-metallicity correlation in g lobular cluster systems has been used as an argument against self-enrichmen t models of cluster formation. We show that such a relation is statisticall y present among the galactic Old Halo globulars. This observational correla tion implies that the least massive old clusters are the most metal-rich. T his is in contradiction with the idea that, if globular clusters were self- enriched systems, the most metal-rich clusters would also be the most massi ve ones. We further show that this anti-correlation is as predicted by self -enrichment models.