Non-instantaneous gas recycling and chemical evolution in N-body disk galaxies

Jungwiert, Bruno; Carraro, Giovanni; dalla Vecchia, C.
Bibliographical reference

Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 289, Issue 3, p. 441-444 (2004).

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2004
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After briefly recalling basic facts about the metallicity gradients inspiral galaxies, we summarize two recent N-body gas-dynamical modelsthat implement a non-instantaneous gas recycling and point our their potential for an improved treatment of the chemical evolution ingalactic disks.