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The Evolution of The Milky Way

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 255)

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Table of contents (62 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Abundances in Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Early Galactic Evolution of Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen

      • G. Israelian, R. J. Garcia Lopez, R. Rebolo
      Pages 35-46
    3. Abundances in Supernovae

      • I. J. Danziger
      Pages 59-74
    4. Observations of Candidate SMR Stars

      • M. L. Malagnini, C. Morossi, A. Buzzoni, M. Chavez
      Pages 75-79
    5. Clump Stars in the Solar Neighbourhood

      • Léo Girardi
      Pages 101-107
    6. Mixing Along the Red Giant Branch in Metal-Poor Field Stars

      • E. Carretta, R. G. Gratton, C. Sneden, A. Bragaglia
      Pages 109-114
    7. The Metal Abundance of Galactic Cepheids as Derived from Their Pulsational Properties

      • M. Marconi, I. Musella, V. Ripepi, F. Caputo
      Pages 115-121
  3. Binaries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-124
    2. Wolf-Rayet Stars, Binaries, Black Holes

      • Karel A. Van der Hucht
      Pages 125-138
    3. The Evolution of Binaries

      • D. Vanbeveren
      Pages 139-150
    4. The Origin of X-Ray Pulsars in Binary Systems

      • F. Giovannelli, L. Sabau-Graziati
      Pages 151-161
  4. Galactic Clusters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-164
    2. Metal Abundances in Globular Clusters

      • R. G. Gratton
      Pages 165-183

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Astronomia, University of Trieste, Italy

    Francesca Matteucci

  • Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, Fuescoti, Italy

    Franco Giovannelli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Evolution of The Milky Way

  • Editors: Francesca Matteucci, Franco Giovannelli

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0938-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6679-9Published: 31 January 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3799-0Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0938-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 624

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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