What determines galactic evolution?
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We are briefly introducing the most important ingredients to study galactic evolution. In particular the roles of star formation, nucleosynthesis and gas flows. Then we are discussing the two different approaches to galactic evolution: the stellar population approach (chemical evolution models) and the hierarchical clustering scenario for galaxy formation. It is shown that there are still some controversial points in the two approaches, as evident in the brief summary of the discussion.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0210540,
title = {What determines galactic evolution?},
author = {Francesca Matteucci},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0210540},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the''Proceedings of The evolution of galaxies III. From simple approaches to self-consistent models'', Kiel (Germany), 2002