Evolution of the Abundance of CO, O2, and Dust in the Early Universe

Abstract

We present a general set of calculations decribing the chemical evolution of young massive galaxies and predict the evolution of the CO, O2, and dust abundances as a function of age and metallicity.

arXiv commentAccepted ApJS, includes 17 figs. & 3 tables

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