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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…
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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…