Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 2001
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Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 276, Issue 2/4, p. 831-838 (2001).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Scientific paper
In the framework of semi-analytic models for hierarchical galaxy formation, star formation in ellipticals is not truncated but continues to low redshift. I show that, because of this extended star formation history, such models fail to reproduce super-solar Mg/Fe ratios in the global stellar populations. The abundance ratios in the starburst population that forms in the major merger are analysed. It turns out that a considerable flattening of the initial mass function with respect to the Salpeter slope is required in order to achieve overabundant Mg/Fe ratios. The resulting metallicities of the burst population exceed the observed values unless the efficiency of burst star formation is substantially lowered. The abundance features of the global-burst mixture for different proportions and varying IMF slope are discussed.
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