Title: Initial globular cluster population = final globular cluster population + cold streams

Abstract:
Globular clusters (GCs) could have formed in gas rich discs, similarly to young massive 
clusters (YMCs) that we see forming today in starburst environments. If true, the properties of 
GCs at birth should resemble what is found for YMCs. To infer the initial properties of old GCs 
we need to deconvolve their present day properties with a Hubble time of dynamical evolution in 
the Milky Way potential. We present a fast GC evolution method that allows for efficient 
exploration of parameter space and present results of a parameterised model for the initial 
properties of the Milky Way GC population that describes the present day properties of GCs - 
such as their mass function in their distribution in the Milky Way — very well. We show that 
the inferred initial properties of GCs are very different from what is found for YMCs today, and 
discuss the implications for the number and distribution of cold streams in the Milky Way halo.