Ay219: Elements in the Universe and Galactic Chemical Evolution

• Topics

  Survey of the formation of the elements in the universe as a function of cosmic time.

  Overview of models of galactic chemical evolution.

  Review of the determination of abundances in stars, meteorites, HII regions, and in interstellar and intergalactic gas.

• Assignments

  Measure abundances of several elements from a Keck HIRES or DEIMOS spectrum of a single star.

  Construct a one-zone numerical model of galactic chemical evolution.