Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1994-04-25
Astrophys.Space Sci. 211 (1994) 241
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages (figures and table upon request), Tex, Ap.Spac.Sci. (in press)
Scientific paper
10.1007/BF00658227
A model is presented for the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood which takes into account three families of galactic objects, according to their condensation states: stars, refuses and gas. Stars are defined as every condensed objects with masses greater than or equal to the minimum mass which ignites hydrogen and which will give rise to an evolutionary track on the HR diagram to the left of Hayashi's limit; refuses include the remnants, which are compact objects resulting from stellar deaths, and the residues, which have masses not large enough to ignite hydrogen; gas is defined as the mass which can be condensed to form stars and/or residues. We have developed equations for the mass evolution of each family, and have studied the gas metallicity distribution within the framework of the instantaneous recycling approximation, adopting different initial conditions. In order to constrain the model parameters we have also used preliminary evaluations of comet cloud masses to investigate the role of the residues as sinks of heavy elements in the Galaxy.
Arany-Prado Lilia I.
Maciel Walter J.
Rocha-Pinto Helio J.
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