Galactic Chemical Evolution
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
The primary present-day observables upon which theories of galaxy evolution are based are a system's morphology, dynamics, colour, and chemistry. Individually, each provides an important constraint to any given model; in concert, the four represent a fundamental (intractable) boundary condition for chemodynamical simulations. We review the current state-of-the-art semi-analytical and chemodynamical models for the Milky Way, emphasising the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0312255,
title = {Galactic Chemical Evolution},
author = {Brad K. Gibson and Yeshe Fenner and Agostino Renda and Daisuke Kawata and Hyun-chul Lee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0312255},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, LaTeX (emulatepasa.sty). Invited Review, accepted for publication in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Vol 20, Num 4 (2003)