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Table 1

List of the GCE parameters.

Symbol Definition Fitting value or range
ν Star formation efficiency, SFE 0.022
η Mass-loading factor 1
tβ (Gyr) Characteristic decay time in the delay-time distribution of SNe Ia 2
NIa/M Number of SNe Ia per stellar mass formed in a simple stellar population 0.0020
Mtrans (M) Initial mass, which marks the transition from AGB to massive stars 9
tmax,1 (Gyr) Time of the first infall event 0.10
tmax,2 = tmax (Gyr) Time of the second infall event [1,12]
τ1 (Gyr) Characteristic time of the accretion after the first infall event [0,7]
τ2 (Gyr) Characteristic time of the accretion after the second infall event [0,10]
τ1 (Gyr)$\[\tau_{1}^{\prime}~(\mathrm{Gyr})\]$ Characteristic rising time of accretion before the first infall event 0.05
τ2=τup (Gyr)$\[\tau_{2}^{\prime}=\tau_{\text {up }}(\mathrm{Gyr})\]$ Characteristic rising time of accretion before the second infall event [0,5]
σ1 (M pc−2) Surface mass density of the gas accreted during the first infall event σ2/σ1 = [0.1,50]
σ2 (M pc−2) Surface mass density of the gas accreted by the merger event σ1 + σ2 =[20,500]

Notes. The third column contains the fixed value or the fitting range of each parameter.

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