Models of Late-type Disk Galaxies: 1-D Versus 2-D

Abstract

We investigate the effects of stochasticity on the observed galaxy parameters by comparing our stochastic star formation two-dimensional (2-D) galaxy evolution models with the commonly used one-dimensional (1-D) models with smooth star formation. The 2-D stochastic models predict high variability of the star formation rate and the surface photometric parameters across the galactic disks and in time.

Keywords

• galaxies: general
• galaxies: evolution