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The star-formation history of the Milky Way Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Rosemary F. G. Wyse
Rosemary F. G. Wyse*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA email: wyse@pha.jhu.edu
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Abstract

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The star-formation histories of the main stellar components of the Milky Way constrain critical aspects of galaxy formation and evolution. I discuss recent determinations of such histories, together with their interpretation in terms of theories of disk galaxy evolution.

Keywords

Galaxy: disk(Galaxy:) evolution(Galaxy:) stellar content
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S258: The Ages of Stars , October 2008 , pp. 11 - 22
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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