Renda, AFenner, YGibson, Bradley KKarakas, AmandaLattanzio, JohnCampbell, SChieffi, ACunha, KSmith, V.V2015-12-070375-9474http://hdl.handle.net/1885/25529The main astrophysical factories of fluorine (19F) are thought to be Type II supernovae, Wolf-Rayet stars, and the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) of intermediate mass stars. We present a model for the chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way using a semi-analytic multi-zone chemical evolution model. For the first time, we demonstrate quantitatively the impact of fluorine nucleosynthesis in Wolf-Rayet and AGB stars. The inclusion of these latter two fluorine production sites provides a possible solution to the long-standing discrepancy between model predictions and the fluorine abundances observed in Milky Way giants. Finally, fluorine is discussed as a possible probe of the role of supernovae and intermediate mass stars in the chemical evolution history of the globular cluster ω Centauri.200510.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.05.0582015-12-07