The star-formation history of the Milky Way Galaxy
arXiv:0907.0415 · doi:10.1017/S1743921309031664
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.
Invited review, IAU Symposium 258; 12 pages, 1 figure
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