The chemical evolution of a Milky Way-like galaxy: the importance of a cosmologically motivated infall law

2008/02/13 by Edoardo Colavitti, E. Colavitti, Francesca Matteucci +3 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809413

This paper has 26 pages, 19 figures and 5 tables

arxiv created 2008/02/13 · openalex publication_date 2008/03/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Aims. We aim to find a cosmologically motivated infall law to understand if the ΛCDM cosmology can reproduce the main chemical characteristics of a Milky Way-like spiral galaxy.

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