Chemically Consistent Evolutionary Synthesis Models

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1999-07-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907390v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, using paspconf.sty, Invited Talk, Annapolis Conference ` Spectrophotometric Dating of Stars and Galaxies', April 199

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Any stellar system with a star formation history (SFH) more extended than a massive star's lifetime will be composite in metallicity. Our method of chemically consistent evolutionary synthesis tries to account for the increasing initial metallicity of successive generations of stars. Using various sets of input physics for a range of metallicities $10^{-4} \leq Z \leq 0.05$ we keep track of the ISM enrichment and follow successive generations of stars using stellar evolutionary tracks, yields, model atmosphere spectra, index calibrations, etc., appropriate for their respective initial metallicities. Since the SFH determines the evolution not only of the metallicity, but, in particular, of abundance ratios of specific elements, stellar evolution and galaxy evolution become intimately coupled. I review the concept of chemically consistent evolution, present results for the photometric, spectral, and chemical evolution of galaxies of various types in the local Universe and at high redshift, and discuss its advantages as well as its current limitations.

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