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Numerical models for the chemical evolution of the Galaxy have been computed with the new stellar yields published by Maeder (1992). These metallicity dependent yields represent an important improvement in the chemical evolution of galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 A. Giovagnoli , M. Tosi

In the era of large stellar spectroscopic surveys, there is emphasis on deriving not only stellar abundances but also ages for millions of stars. In the context of Galactic archeology, stellar ages provide a direct probe of the formation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-23 Aaron Dotter , Charlie Conroy , Phillip Cargile , Martin Asplund

We investigate the chemical evolution of the Milky Way disc exploring various schemes of recent (last several Gyr) star formation episodes, as reported in recent observational works. We use a semi-analytical model with parametrized radial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-12 Tianxiang Chen , Nikos Prantzos

This paper presents the first results from a model for chemical evolution that can be applied to N-body cosmological simulations and quantitatively compared to measured stellar abundances from large astronomical surveys. This model…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-29 Brian D. Crosby , Brian W. O'Shea , Timothy C. Beers , Jason Tumlinson

The solar s-process abundances have been analyzed in the framework of a Galactic Chemical Evolution (GCE) model. The aim of this work is to implement the study by Bisterzo et al. (2014), who investigated the effect of one of the major…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 S. Bisterzo , C. Travaglio , M. Wiescher , F. Käppeler , R. Gallino

A model for Galactic chemical evolution, driven by supernova-induced star formation, is formulated and used to examine the nature of the Galactic halo at early epochs. In this model, new stars are formed following each supernova event, thus…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Takuji Tsujimoto , Toshikazu Shigeyama , Yuzuru Yoshii

[Abridged] Motivated by upcoming data from astrometric and spectroscopic surveys of the Galaxy, we explore the chemical abundance properties and phase-space distributions in hierarchically-formed stellar halo simulations set in a LambdaCDM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Andreea S. Font , Kathryn V. Johnston , James S. Bullock , Brant E. Robertson

The present day chemical and dynamical properties of the Milky Way bear the imprint of the Galaxy's formation and evolutionary history. One of the most enduring and critical debates surrounding Galactic evolution is that regarding the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Chris B. Brook , Daisuke Kawata , Brad K. Gibson , Chris Flynn

Recent dynamical analysis based on Gaia data have revealed major accretion events in Milky Way's history. Nevertheless, our understanding of the primordial Galaxy is hindered because the bona fide identification of the most metal-poor and…

The measurement of chemical abundances in planetary nebulae in nearby galaxies is now relatively straightforward. The challenge is to use these chemical abundances to infer the chemical evolution of their host galaxies. At this point, our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael G. Richer , Marshall L. McCall

New detailed stellar yields of several elemental species are derived for massive stars in a wide range of masses (from 6 to 120 Msol) and metallicities (Z= 0.0004, 0.004, 0.008, 0.02, 0.05). Our calculations are based on the Padova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-12 L. Portinari , C. Chiosi , A. Bressan

Chemical abundances are an essential tool in untangling the Milky Way's enrichment history. However, the evolution of the interstellar medium abundance gradient with cosmic time is lost as a result of radial mixing processes. For the first…

Aims. A sample of early B-type stars in OB associations and the field within the solar neighbourhood is studied comprehensively. Present-day abundances for the astrophysically most interesting chemical elements are derived. Methods.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-29 Maria-Fernanda Nieva , Norbert Przybilla

Chemical evolution models are useful for understanding the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies. Model predictions will be more robust as more observational constraints are used. We present chemical evolution models for the dwarf…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-31 Liliana Hernandez-Martinez , Leticia Carigi , Miriam Peña , Manuel Peimbert

We analyze the evolution of oxygen abundance radial gradients resulting from our chemical evolution models calculated with different prescriptions for the star formation rate (SFR) and for the gas infall rate, in order to assess their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-30 M. Mollá , O. Cavichia , R. da Costa , B. K. Gibson , A. I. Díaz

Large-scale homogeneous surveys of Galactic stars may indicate that the elemental abundance gradient evolves with cosmic time, a phenomenon that was not foreseen in existing models of Galactic chemical evolution (GCE). If the phenomenon is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 T. Tsujimoto , J. Bland-Hawthorn , K. C. Freeman

Fully cosmological, high resolution N-Body + SPH simulations are used to investigate the chemical abundance trends of stars in simulated stellar halos as a function of their origin. These simulations employ a physically motivated supernova…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Adi Zolotov , Beth Willman , Alyson Brooks , Fabio Governato , David W. Hogg , Sijing Shen , James Wadsley

We present the first isotopic abundances of both $^{13}$CO and C$^{18}$O in solar twin stars and test the results against several galactic chemical evolution (GCE) models with different nucleosynthesis prescriptions. First, we compare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-01 David R. Coria , Ian J. M. Crossfield , Joshua Lothringer , Becky Flores , Nikos Prantzos , Richard Freedman

Context. The recent detection of nitrogen-enhanced, metal-poor galaxies at high redshift by the James Webb Space Telescope has sparked renewed interest in exploring the chemical evolution of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen (the CNO elements)…

We examine the galactic chemical evolution (GCE) of $^4$He in one-zone and multi-zone models, with particular attention to theoretical predictions and empirical constraints on IMF-averaged yields. Published models of massive star winds and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-16 Miqaela K. Weller , David H. Weinberg , James W. Johnson