Star Formation and Chemical Evolution in the Milky Way: Cosmological Implications

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1 November 1998

journal article
research article
Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal

Vol. 507 (1) , 229-240
https://doi.org/10.1086/306327

Abstract

We propose an expression for the star formation rate in spiral galaxies and a model of chemical evolution with a minimal number of adjustable parameters. Our model accounts for most of the relevant data in the Milky Way. By adopting our Galaxy as a prototype, we are able to derive cosmological implications for the comoving star formation rate, gas amount, gaseous abundances, and supernova rates as a function of redshift.

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