Galaxy Evolution: Connecting the Distant Universe with the Local Fossil Record: Proceedings of a Colloquium held at the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon from 21–25 September, 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Publications and Citations of Giusa and Roger Cayrel....Pages 3-6
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and the Cosmic Connection....Pages 7-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Primordial Nucleosynthesis....Pages 17-21
Deuterium, Lithium and the Density of the Universe....Pages 23-27
The First Supernovae....Pages 29-35
Supernova Nucleosynthesis, Chemical Evolution, and Cosmic Supernova Rate....Pages 37-47
New Insights into the Early Stage of the Galactic Chemical Evolution....Pages 49-50
Stellar Evolution and the Cosmologial Supernovae Rates....Pages 51-54
New Observations of Galactic Deuterium....Pages 55-56
Light Element Abundances in Field Stars....Pages 57-65
Observing Boron in Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 67-70
Li Be B Energetics and Cosmic Ray Origin....Pages 71-76
Cosmic Lithium-Beryllium-Boron Story....Pages 77-86
Survival of 6 Li, and 7 Li, in Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 87-93
The Lithium Plateau Enigma....Pages 95-96
Effect of Gravity Waves on Transport Process in Stellar Radiative Region....Pages 97-97
Phosphorus Overabundance in Quasars Re-Examined....Pages 99-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
The Metallicity Distribution Function of Extremely Low-Metallicity Stars....Pages 105-113
The (Sub)Structure of the Halo....Pages 115-122
Kinematics and Dynamics of the Galactic Stellar Halo....Pages 123-131
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Abundance Ratios in Extreme Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 133-140
Abundances in Very Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 141-144
Abundances in Globular Clusters....Pages 145-152
Composition Differences Between Globular Cluster and Halo Field Giants....Pages 153-156
O and α-Element Abundances in Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 157-164
New Views on the Early Evolution of Oxygen in the Galaxy....Pages 165-170
Oxygen Abundances in Solar-Type Stars....Pages 171-174
Kinematics of Nearby Subdwarfs....Pages 175-178
An Estimation of the Galactic Escape Velocity from High-Velocity Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 179-180
Searching for Low Mass Stars in the Halo....Pages 181-182
Strömgren 4-Color Photometry of Very Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 183-184
High Resolution Spectroscopy of Selected Faint Stars....Pages 185-186
G-Dwarf Stars in the Galactic Halo....Pages 187-188
First Dredge-Up and Further Mixing Mechanisms Along the Red Giant Branch in Field Stars....Pages 189-190
Aluminum Abundances on the Red Giant Branch: Testing Helium Mixing as a Second Parameter....Pages 191-192
Blue Horizontal Branch Stars in Four Globular Clusters....Pages 193-194
The Mildly Metal-Poor Globular Cluster M4: Star-to-Star Abundance Variations in 20 Giants....Pages 195-196
Strömgren CCD Photometry of Globular Clusters....Pages 197-198
Old Stellar Populations in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 199-206
Globular Clusters in Blue Compact Galaxies as Tracers of the Starburst History....Pages 207-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
The Galactic Thick Disk - Status....Pages 213-220
 In Situ Study of the Thick Disk. Preliminary Results....Pages 221-224
Dynamical Models of the Thick Disc....Pages 225-230
Faint Stars and the Structure of the Galaxy....Pages 231-232
Wide Binaries Among High-Velocity and Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 233-234
Local Stars as Tracers of Galactic Evolution....Pages 235-241
Eight Gyr Minimum Disk Age From Hipparcos....Pages 243-244
Age-Metallicity Relation and Star Formation History of the Galactic Disk....Pages 245-246
Nearby Stars and the History of the Galactic Disk....Pages 247-248
Abundance Ratios in Metal-Rich Halo and Thick-Disk Stars....Pages 249-256
A Grid of Metal-Poor Model Stellar Atmospheres for Stars Born in the Early Galaxy....Pages 257-258
Pressure Broadening Coefficients for Stellar Applications....Pages 259-260
The Chemical Evolution of Carbon in the Galactic Disk....Pages 261-262
Simultaneous Solutions of Stellar Parameters ( T eff , [Fe/H]) from Synthetic UV BY Strömgren Photometry....Pages 263-264
The Disk Populations in the [MG/H]-[FE/MG] Plane....Pages 265-268
Abundance Gradients in the Outer Galactic Disk....Pages 269-270
Open Clusters as a Record of the Past....Pages 271-278
Sequences of Nearby Open Clusters with Hipparcos....Pages 279-280
Old Open Clusters: Constraints on Disk Age and Evolution....Pages 281-282
Old Open Cluster and the Age of the Galactic Disk....Pages 283-284
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
M 67: An Exhibitor of Metal Abundant Core Helium-Burning Stars....Pages 285-286
Linking Field Metal-Poor Stars and Globular Clusters: The Ease Scenario....Pages 287-288
Stellar Populations in the Near Infrared....Pages 289-290
Carbon Stars in Nearby Local Group Galaxies....Pages 291-299
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
A Brief History of Star Formation and Chemical Enrichment in the Bulge of the Milky Way....Pages 303-309
The Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Bulge....Pages 311-318
Abundances in Individual Stars of the Galactic Bulge....Pages 319-326
Chemical Abundances of Newly Discovered Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 327-329
The Kinematics and Origin of SMR Stars....Pages 331-336
Age and Metallicity Gradients in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 337-340
The Super Metal Rich Component of the Galaxy....Pages 341-344
Old, Low-Mass, Metal-Rich (SMR) Stars....Pages 345-352
Old Metal-Rich Stars: Kinematics and Orbits....Pages 353-354
Globular Clusters and Field Stars in the Bulge....Pages 355-359
 Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Color-Magnitude Diagram of NGC 6287....Pages 361-362
Dark Matter in the Galactic Bulge: A Microlensing Point of View....Pages 363-370
Chemo-Dynamical Effects of Bars in Galactic Evolution....Pages 371-374
Modelisation of the Barred Milky Way....Pages 375-376
Speculations on Bar-Driven Evolution of the Galaxy....Pages 377-378
Formation of Bulges....Pages 379-387
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Magnesium-to-Iron Ratio in Nuclei and Bulges of Disk Galaxies....Pages 389-390
Chemical Evolution of Bulges with Nuclear Activity....Pages 391-392
Box- and Peanut-Shaped Bulges....Pages 393-394
Front Matter....Pages 395-395
The Evolution of the Milky Way....Pages 397-407
Chemo-Spectral Evolution of the Milky Way and of Spiral Disks....Pages 409-410
Galactic Chemical Evolution: From the Local Disk to the Distant Universe....Pages 411-415
Time-Scale for Accretion of Matter....Pages 417-424
A New Picture for the Galaxy Formation....Pages 425-426
Disentangling Metallicity and Age for Turnoff Stars....Pages 427-430
Metallicities of Nearby K-Dwarfs....Pages 431-432
Study of Early-Type Stars Populations and of Their Origin....Pages 433-434
Spectroscopy of Supergiants with IR-Excesses: RV Tau Type Stars....Pages 435-436
Chemical Abundances of Fast Rotators: Application of the Spectrum Synthesis Method to A and F Type Stars of the Hyades Open Cluster....Pages 437-438
Lithium Lines in Spectra of the Coolest M-Dwarfs and Brown Dwarfs — Theoretical Aspects....Pages 439-441
Lithium in X-Ray Selected Active Cool Stars....Pages 443-444
Superlithium HD9746 — a Brilliant Case of NLTE in Stellar Spectra....Pages 445-447
The Fast Evolution of Sakurai’s Object....Pages 449-450
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Connecting the Distant Universe with the Local Fossil Record....Pages 453-460
Chemical Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 461-468
Abundances in Magellanic Clouds Young Clusters: and their Implication on Magellanic Evolution....Pages 469-472
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Chemo-Dynamical Evolution of Disk Galaxies, Smoothed Particles Hydrodynamics Approach....Pages 473-477
The Influence of Merging Events on the Disk Component of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 479-480
Evolutionary Properties of High Redshift Galaxies Seen Through Cluster-Lenses....Pages 481-482
Damped Lyman-α Systems....Pages 483-486
Formation Epoch of Field Early-Type Galaxies....Pages 487-488
Gas-Rich Local Dwarf Star-Forming Galaxies and Their Connection with the Distant Universe....Pages 489-499
Star Formation in Accretion Disks Around Massive Black Holes and Pregalactic Enrichment....Pages 501-505
Star Formation Histories from Faint Galaxy Counts....Pages 507-511
Metallicity Distributions of Elliptical Galaxies and Globular Cluster Systems....Pages 513-521
Field Stars and Star Clusters in M31....Pages 523-529
UV Spectroscopic Dating of Stars and Galaxies....Pages 531-532
Young Stellar Populations at High Z: Where are They?....Pages 533-540
Spectroscopy of Giants of the Sagittarius DWARF Galaxy....Pages 541-544
Front Matter....Pages 545-545
Future Large-Scale Surveys of ‘Interesting’ Stars in the Halo and Thick Disk of the Galaxy....Pages 547-552
Future Prospects for Spectroscopy with Large and Small Telescopes....Pages 553-559
The Detection of Extremely Distant Galaxies....Pages 561-566
Where is SMC1? a Cautionary Tale: Recommendations about Astronomical Objects Designation....Pages 567-568
Concluding Remarks....Pages 569-572
Back Matter....Pages 573-575