Chemodynamical evolution of galaxies
Event Start:
2021-07-28T10:00:00
Event End:
2021-07-28T11:00:00
Event Information:
Metallicities and elemental abundances are key to testing our current understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. At the beginning of the universe only light elements such as hydrogen and helium were produced. Carbon and heavier elements were instead created inside stars and distributed into the interstellar medium by stellar winds and supernova explosions. From the spatial distribution of elements in stars and gas, it is therefore possible to constrain the star formation and chemical enrichment histories of galaxies.
Event Location:
Online
Speaker:
Chiaki Kobayashi (University of Hertfordshire)
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Event Start:
2021-07-28T10:00:00
Event End:
2021-07-28T11:00:00
Chemodynamical evolution of galaxies
Event Information:
Metallicities and elemental abundances are key to testing our current understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. At the beginning of the universe only light elements such as hydrogen and helium were produced. Carbon and heavier elements were instead created inside stars and distributed into the interstellar medium by stellar winds and supernova explosions. From the spatial distribution of elements in stars and gas, it is therefore possible to constrain the star formation and chemical enrichment histories of galaxies.
Event Location:
Online