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Table 1.

Parameters of the five MW and two LMC models tested (indicated in the first column).

Model Star formation IMF Infall rate Mass loading Nucleosynthesis
efficiency [Gyr−1] timescale [Gyr] factor [Gyr−1]
ωi
REF MW 2.0 (t < 1 Gyr) Kroupa et al. (1993) τT = 0.7 No wind See Sect. 2.3
1.0 (t ≥ 1 Gyr) τD(8 kpc) = 7.0
NEW MW See Table 2
MIX MW See Table 3
CL04 MW See Sect. 4.5
K01 MW Kroupa (2001) Same as REF MW
WIND MW Kroupa et al. (1993) 2.5 Same as NEW MW
REF LMC 0.03 (t < 10.8 Gyr) Salpeter (1955) τ = 5.0 0.25 See Sect. 2.3
0.25 (10.8 Gyr < t < 11.8 Gyr)
0.1 (11.8 Gyr < t < 13.2 Gyr)
0.4 (13.2 Gyr < t < 13.4 Gyr)
0.35 (13.4 Gyr < t < 13.5 Gyr)
0.8 (t > 13.5 Gyr)
NEW LMC See Table 2
MIX LMC See Table 3

Notes. The following columns list, in order, the star formation efficiency (time dependent in both cases), the IMF adopted, the timescale of the infall, the wind efficiency (if included in the model), the fraction of Type Ia SNe, and the references of the nucleosynthesis prescriptions.

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