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The Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy

This book is based partly on a. lecture course given at the University of Tri­ este, but mostly on my own research experience in the field of galactic chemical evolution. The subject of galactic chemical evolution was started and developed by Beat­ rice Tinsley in the seventies and now is a flourish...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matteucci, Francesca
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Subjects:
Astronomy, Observations And Techniques
Astrophysics And Astroparticles
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—observations
Astrophysics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 7.2 The age of the galaxy
  • 8. The Milky Way and other Spiral Galaxies
  • 8.1 Abundances and abundance gradients
  • 8.2 Correlations between abundances and galaxy properties
  • 8.3 Field and cluster spirals
  • 8.4 Formation and evolution of galactic disks
  • 8.5 The Milky Way at high redshift
  • 9. References
  • Acknowledgments
  • 3.1 The process of star formation
  • 3.2 Derivation of the stellar birthrate
  • 3.3 The parametrizations of the SFR
  • 4. Gas Flows
  • 4.1 Infall of gas onto the Galaxy
  • 4.2 Radial flows along the galactic disk
  • 4.3 Galactic winds
  • 5. Basic Equations of Chemical Evolution
  • 5.1 Analytical models
  • 5.2 Numerical models
  • 5.3 Chemo-dynamical models
  • 6. Formation and Evolution of the Milky Way
  • 6.1 Abundances and kinematics
  • 6.2 The globular clusters ages and the formation of the halo
  • 6.3 Abundance ratios and galaxy formation
  • 6.4 Serial formation
  • 6.5 Parallel formation
  • 6.6 Two-infall formation
  • 6.7 The evolution of the solar neighbourhood
  • 6.8 The evolution of the galactic disk
  • 6.9 The evolution of light elements and their impact on cosmology
  • 6.10 The chemical evolution of the galactic bulge
  • 6.11 How reliable are chemical evolution models?
  • 7. Nucleochronology and the Age of the Galaxy
  • 7.1 Radioactive dating of elements
  • 1. Observational Evidence for Chemical Evolution
  • 1.1 Overview and historical perspective
  • 1.2 Abundances in stars
  • 1.3 Abundances in globular clusters
  • 1.4 The metallicity distribution of the local disk G-dwarfs
  • 1.5 The metallicity distribution of halo stars
  • 1.6 The age-metallicity relation
  • 1.7 Abundances in the bulge stars
  • 1.8 Abundances from planetary nebulae
  • 1.9 Abundances from HII regions, B stars, open clusters
  • 1.10 Isotopic ratios
  • 1.11 The abundances of light elements
  • 1.12 The mass distribution in the Galaxy
  • 1.13 Supernovae and supernova rates
  • 1.14 Nova rates
  • 2. Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis
  • 2.1 The evolution of single stars
  • 2.2 Nucleosynthesis
  • 2.3 The evolution of binary systems
  • 2.4 Stellar yields
  • 2.5 Local abundances and nuclear processes
  • 2.6 Algorithms to compute the stellar yields
  • 2.7 The influence of mass loss and overshooting on the stellar yields
  • 2.8 Galactic yields
  • 3. The Stellar Birthrate

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