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The local cosmic metal density<br />

• From previous considerations, we get:<br />

ρ Z = 25 x 10 -31 kg m -3<br />

• Calura & Matteucci (2004, MNRAS 350, 351) :<br />

ρ Z<br />

= 9.37 x 10 6 M Mpc -3<br />

= 9.37 x 10 6 x 1.989 x 10 30 / (3.0856 x 10 22 ) 3 kg m -3<br />

• Mushotzky & Lowenstein (1997) :<br />

ρZ = 6.34 x 10 -31 kg m -3<br />

ρ Z = 1.4 x 10 7 M Mpc -3 = 9.5 x 10 -31 kg m -3<br />

• Zepf & Silk (1996) :<br />

ρ Z = 4 x 10 7 M Mpc -3 = 27 x 10 -31 kg m -3<br />

• Madau et al. (1996) :<br />

ρ Z = 5.4 x 10 6 M Mpc -3 = 3.7 x 10 -31 kg m -3<br />

• So globally, we get :<br />

ρ Z = [4 - 27] x 10 -31 kg m -3 = [ 1.5±1.1 ] x 10 -30 kg m -3<br />

Galaxies J1 - <strong>David</strong> <strong>Elbaz</strong> Fond diffus extragalactique Page 6

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