Thresholds on star formation and the chemical evolution of galactic discs: Cosmochronology and the age of the Galaxy

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1083-1094

  Chamcham, K ^a,b   Hendry, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cosmology: miscellaneous; Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: stellar content; Methods: statistical; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHRONOMETERS; COSMOLOGY; FORECASTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; WHITE DWARFS;

AGE METALLICITY RELATIONS; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; COSMOLOGY: MISCELLANEOUS; GALACTIC DISKS; GALAXIES ABUNDANCES; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; METHODS:STATISTICAL; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; STARS FORMATION;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0001804996     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/279.4.1083     Document Type: Article

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