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A New Picture for the Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy: the Two Infall Model

Cristina Chiappini
- 01 Jul 2001 - 
- Vol. 11, pp 171-176
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In this paper, a chemical evolution model for the Galaxy is presented, which assumes that the evolution of the halo and thick disk is completely disentangled from the thin disk.
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Resumen en: We present a chemical evolution model for the Galaxy which assumes that the evolution of the halo and thick disk is completely disentangled from the thin...

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