5 papers
Chemical Evolution of Late-type Dwarf Galaxies - The windy starburst dwarfs NGC 1569 and NGC 1705
Donatella Romano, Monica Tosi, Francesca Matteucci
Thanks to the capabilities of modern telescopes and instrumentation, it is now possible to resolve single stars in external dwarf galaxies, provided they are bright enough. For gal…
Quantifying the uncertainties of chemical evolution studies. I. The stellar initial mass function and the stellar lifetimes
Donatella Romano, Cristina Chiappini, Francesca Matteucci +1
The stellar initial mass function and the stellar lifetimes are basic ingredients of chemical evolution models, for which different recipes can be found in the literature. In this…
The role of nova nucleosynthesis in Galactic chemical evolution
Donatella Romano, Francesca Matteucci
In this paper we study the impact of nova nucleosynthesis on models for the chemical evolution of the Galaxy. It is found that novae are likely to be the sources of non-negligible…
Chemical Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies as a Constraint to Galaxy Formation Scenarios
Donatella Romano, Francesca Matteucci, Luigi Danese
Elliptical galaxies are the main contributors to the chemical enrichment of the intracluster and intergalactic medium; understanding how they form and evolve enables us to get impo…
Light and Heavy Elements in the Galactic Bulge
F. Matteucci, D. Romano, P. Molaro
The chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge is treated here in the context of an inside-out model for the Galaxy formation. We assume that this central region evolved even faster…