Numerical simulation of the Galactic chemical evolution

S. Sahijpal* and G. Gupta
Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India

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Abstract

We report the preliminary results of our numerical simulations of the Galactic chemical evolution of stable isotopes from 1H to 69Ga. The Galaxy was formed in two episodes of accretion: an early rapid accretionary episode, followed by a declining accretion rate. Successive generations of 1-100 M stars were numerically simulated to evolve in a realist manner the entire evolution of the Galaxy since the initiation of its formation. This is perhaps the first attempt to numerically simulate the Galactic chemical evolution without solving the classical set of integro-differential equations. We could successfully simulate the history of star formation rate, the white-dwarf, neutron star and black hole generation rate of the Galaxy in the solar neighborhood. Further, we could explain the stable isotopic abundance of 1H to 69Ga at the time of formation of the solar system around 4.5 billion years ago.



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Keywords : Galactic chemical evolution: stellar evolution: nucleosynthesis