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The relation between stellar evolution and cosmology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

R. J. Tayler*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, UK

Abstract

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Observations of star clusters combined with the theory of stellar evolution enable us to estimate the ages of stars while cosmological observations and theories give us a value for the age of the Universe. This is the most important interaction between cosmology and stellar evolution because it is clearly necessary that stars are younger than the Universe. Stellar evolution also plays an important rôle in relating the present chemical composition of the Universe to its original composition.

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Type
IV. RELATION WITH CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY
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