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Enrichment of heavy elements in the galaxy: A simple formula
Author(s) -
Dorschner J.,
Gürtler J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.19762970105
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , galaxy , physics , function (biology) , astrophysics , philosophy , epistemology , evolutionary biology , biology
A simple algebraic formula describing the enrichment of heavy elements in the interstellar gas is derived. Already very simple assumptions lead to the known result that the amount of heavy elements depends critically on the shape of the luminosity function.