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A simple and general method for solving detailed chemical evolution with delayed production of iron and other chemical elements (2016)
Journal Article
Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., & Spitoni, E. (2017). A simple and general method for solving detailed chemical evolution with delayed production of iron and other chemical elements. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(3), 2939–2947. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3369

We present a theoretical method for solving the chemical evolution of galaxies, by assuming an instantaneous recycling approximation for chemical elements restored by massive stars and the Delay Time Distribution formalism for the delayed chemical en... Read More about A simple and general method for solving detailed chemical evolution with delayed production of iron and other chemical elements.

Lighting up stars in chemical evolution models: the CMD of Sculptor (2016)
Journal Article
Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., J. L. de Boer, T., Cignoni, M., & Tosi, M. (2016). Lighting up stars in chemical evolution models: the CMD of Sculptor. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(2), 2238–2244. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1145

We present a novel approach to draw the synthetic color-magnitude diagram of galaxies, which can provide - in principle - a deeper insight in the interpretation and understanding of current observations. In particular, we `light up' the stars of chem... Read More about Lighting up stars in chemical evolution models: the CMD of Sculptor.

Nitrogen and oxygen abundances in the Local Universe (2016)
Journal Article
Vincenzo, F., Belfiore, F., Maiolino, R., Matteucci, F., & Ventura, P. (2016). Nitrogen and oxygen abundances in the Local Universe. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(4), 3466–3477. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw532

We present chemical evolution models aimed at reproducing the observed (N/O) vs. (O/H) abundance pattern of star forming galaxies in the Local Universe. We derive gas-phase abundances from SDSS spectroscopy and a complementary sample of low-metallici... Read More about Nitrogen and oxygen abundances in the Local Universe.

Are ancient dwarf satellites the building blocks of the Galactic halo? (2016)
Journal Article
Spitoni, E., Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., & Romano, D. (2016). Are ancient dwarf satellites the building blocks of the Galactic halo?. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(3), 2541-2552. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw519

According to the current cosmological cold dark matter paradigm, the Galactic halo could have been the result of the assemblage of smaller structures. Here we explore the hypothesis that the classical and ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal satellites of th... Read More about Are ancient dwarf satellites the building blocks of the Galactic halo?.