Bibcode
Cerviño, M.; Mollá, M.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.394, p.525-531 (2002)
Fecha de publicación:
11
2002
Revista
Número de citas
10
Número de citas referidas
8
Descripción
We examine the impact of discrete numbers of stars in stellar
populations on the results of Chemical Evolution Models. We explore the
resulting dispersion in the true yields and their possible relation with
the dispersion in observational data based on a Simple Closed-Box model.
In this framework we find that the dispersion is larger for the less
evolved or low abundance regions. Thus, the age-metallicity relation may
be a tracer of the Star Formation History of our Galaxy. This
theoretical dispersion is especially high for the relative abundance
log(N/O) in regions where the total number of stars created is still
low. This may explain part of the scatter in the N/O ratio observed in
star forming galaxies. We have also found a first order theoretical
estimation for the goodness of a linear fit of the helium abundance vs.
12 + log (O/H) with values of the regression coefficient between 0.9 and
0.7 (independent of sampling effects). We conclude that it is necessary
to include these sampling effects in a more realistic Chemical Evolution
Model in order that such a model reproduces, at the same time, the mean
value and the dispersion of observed abundances.