Effects of episodic gas infall on the chemical abundances in galaxies
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1 Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, 11 Rue de l’Université, F–67000 Strasbourg, France email: [email protected] 2 International Space University, Parc d’Innovation, 1 Rue Jean-Dominique Cassini, F–67400 IllkirchGraffenstaden, France 3 Institut für Astronomie, Universitäts-Sternwarte Wien, Türkenschanzstr. 17, A–1180 Vienna, Austria email: [email protected] 4 Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Kiel, D–24098 Kiel, Germany
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