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Chemical evolution of galaxies / Francesca Matteucci.
Springer Nature - Springer Physics and Astronomy eBooks 2012 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Matteucci, F.
- Series:
- Astronomy and astrophysics library.
- Astronomy and astrophysics library, 0941-7834
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galaxies--Evolution.
- Galaxies.
- Nucleosynthesis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Springer, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The term “chemical evolution of galaxies” refers to the evolution of abundances of chemical species in galaxies, which is due to nuclear processes occurring in stars and to gas flows into and out of galaxies. This book deals with the chemical evolution of galaxies of all morphological types (ellipticals, spirals and irregulars) and stresses the importance of the star formation histories in determining the properties of stellar populations in different galaxies. The topic is approached in a didactical and logical manner via galaxy evolution models which are compared with observational results obtained in the last two decades: The reader is given an introduction to the concept of chemical abundances and learns about the main stellar populations in our Galaxy as well as about the classification of galaxy types and their main observables. In the core of the book, the construction and solution of chemical evolution models are discussed in detail, followed by descriptions and interpretations of observations of the chemical evolution of the Milky Way, spheroidal galaxies, irregular galaxies and of cosmic chemical evolution. The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to students as well as to amend our present ideas in research; the book also summarizes the efforts made by authors in the past several years in order to further future research in the field.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Basic Ingredients for Modelling Chemical Evolution
- Simple Models of Chemical Evolution
- Numerical Models of Chemical Evolution
- Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way and other Spirals
- Chemical Evolution of Early Type Galaxies
- Chemical Evolution of Irregular Galaxies
- Cosmic Chemical Evolution
- Acronyms.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-642-22491-1
- 1-280-39977-5
- 9786613577696
- OCLC:
- 779199311
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