What determines galactic evolution?
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 is evident in the brief summary of the discussion.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- April 2003
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0210540
- Bibcode:
- 2003Ap&SS.284..539M
- Keywords:
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- Star Formation;
- High Redshift;
- Stellar Population;
- Galaxy Formation;
- Initial Mass Function;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 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