is there, in fact, any system of globular clusters which actually traces the underlying stellar light across the underlying galaxy?
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In the inner regions, won't they get lost against the high surface brightness regions? (And, yes, there is the whole destruction issue).
No.
very economic, answers two questions in one
In mergers the young GCs (within various HST fields) appear to follow the light profile, modulo the problems of defining either in recent mergers. Seen plots of this in conferences but don't know if it's in an actual paper. For older systems Brad's parenthetical comment is very relevant.
Here The intermediate age GCs follow the light profile more closely than normal ellipticals. Already evidence of evolution too.
Simple questions and all that....