Initial mass function and galactic chemical evolution models
arXiv:astro-ph/0409474 · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-3407-7_44
Abstract
In this contribution we focus on results from chemical evolution models for the solar neighbourhood obtained by varying the IMF. Results for galaxies of different morphological type are discussed as well. They argue against a universal IMF independent of star forming conditions.
4 pages, 2 figures, uses kapproc.cls. Contributed talk presented at the conference on "IMF@50: The Stellar Initial Mass Function Fifty Years Later" held at Abbazia di Spineto, Siena, Italy, May 2004. To be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, ed. E. Corbelli, F. Palla, and H. Zinnecker