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The star-formation history of the Milky Way Galaxy

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2 July 2009
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'Cambridge University Press (CUP)'
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    The star-formation histories of the main stellar components of the Milky Way constrain critical aspects of galaxy formation and evolution. I discuss recent determinations of such histories, together with their interpretation in terms of theories of disk galaxy evolution.Comment: Invited review, IAU Symposium 258; 12 pages, 1 figur

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