Modelling the chemical evolution of the Milky Way

Abstract

In this review I will discuss the comparison between model results and observational data for the Milky Way, the predictive power of such models as well as their limits. Such a comparison, known as Galactic archaeology, allows us to impose constraints on stellar nucleosynthesis and timescales of formation of the various Galactic components (halo, bulge, thick disk and thin disk).

93 pages,37 figures. Accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics Review

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