The Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy

The elemental abundance gradients of elements up to Zn are predicted using the N body Monte Carlo technique by developing homogenous and heterogeneous Galactic Chemical Evolution (GCE) simulations. In the case of homogeneous GCE models, the galaxy is radially divided into eight annular rings of 2 kpc width each at a distance of 2-18 kpc from the center of the galaxy. Also, to understand the localised abundance trends in the solar neighborhood, heterogeneous GCE simulations are performed by dividing the solar annular ring into independent grids which evolve over the galactic time scale.