In this work I discuss on the basis of the instantaneous recycling approximation the possibility of determining a relation between matter distribution (luminous and dark) in elliptical galaxies and the metallicity distribution. Two different contexts are considered depending on the behaviour of the gas velocity.
Frédéric Courbin, Georges Meylan, Gianluca Castignani, Maurizio Martinelli, Yi Wang, Richard Massey, Fabio Finelli, Marcello Farina