The star-formation history of the Milky Way Galaxy
Abstract
The star-formation histories of the main stellar components of the Milky Way constrain critical aspects of galaxy formation and evolution. I discuss recent determinations of such histories, together with their interpretation in terms of theories of disk galaxy evolution.
- Publication:
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The Ages of Stars
- Pub Date:
- June 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921309031664
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0907.0415
- Bibcode:
- 2009IAUS..258...11W
- Keywords:
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- Galaxy: disk;
- (Galaxy:) evolution;
- (Galaxy:) stellar content;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Invited review, IAU Symposium 258