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用三维流体动力学模拟模拟半人马座Omega的化学演化

Modeling the chemical evolution of Omega Centauri using three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations

A. Marcolini, A. Sollima, A. D'Ercole, B. K Gibson, F. R. Ferraro

摘要:

我们提出了一个流体动力学和化学模型的球状星团欧米茄Cen,假设它是一个古老的矮球状星系(dSph),其中大部分被破坏和吸积我们的银河系~10 Gyr前的残余。我们强调了II型和Ia型超新星(SNe)在推定的母星dSph内部区域的化学富集中所扮演的非常不同的角色。虽然SNe II相当均匀地污染了星际介质,但SNe Ia的喷出物可能仍然被限制在致密的气体袋中,只要SNe II的爆炸将它们扩散开来。在这样的口袋中形成的恒星比在其他地方形成的恒星具有更低的α-铁比率。由于Ia超新星的不均匀污染,中心区域恒星的金属分布与矮星系的主要群体有很大不同,与在欧米茄Cen中观察到的相似。这种不均匀的混合也是导致富铁恒星的径向分离的原因,这些恒星的[α/Fe]比是耗尽的,就像在一些dSphs中观察到的那样。假设恒星形成的历史为~1.5 Gyr,我们的模型成功地再现了在欧米茄Cen中观察到的铁和钙的分布以及在经验α/Fe与Fe/H平面中观察到的主要特征。最后,我们的模型再现了颜色-星等图的整体分布,但未能再现SGB-a的形态和主序列的双重形态。然而,不均匀的污染减少了(但没有消除)需要显着提高氦丰度来解释蓝色主序列的异常位置。需要进一步的模型,考虑到母矮星系与银河系的动力学相互作用和AGB污染的影响。

英文摘要:

We present a hydrodynamical and chemical model for the globular cluster Omega Cen, under the assumption that it is the remnant of an ancient dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph), the bulk of which was disrupted and accreted by our Galaxy ~10 Gyr ago. We highlight the very different roles played by Type II and Type Ia supernovae (SNe) in the chemical enrichment of the inner regions of the putative parent dSph. While the SNe II pollute the interstellar medium rather uniformly, the SNe Ia ejecta may remain confined inside dense pockets of gas as long as succesive SNe II explosions spread them out. Stars forming in such pockets have lower alpha-to-iron ratios than the stars forming elsewhere. Owing to the inhomogeneous pollution by SNe Ia, the metal distribution of the stars in the central region differs substantially from that of the main population of the dwarf galaxy, and resembles that observed in Omega Cen. This inhomogeneous mixing is also responsible for a radial segregation of iron-rich stars with depleted [alpha/Fe] ratios, as observed in some dSphs. Assuming a star formation history of ~1.5 Gyr, our model succeeds in reproducing both the iron and calcium distributions observed in Omega Cen and the main features observed in the empirical alpha/Fe versus Fe/H plane. Finally, our model reproduces the overall spread of the color-magnitude diagram, but fails in reproducing the morphology of the SGB-a and the double morphology of the main sequence. However, the inhomogeneous pollution reduces (but does not eliminate) the need for a significantly enhanced helium abundance to explain the anomalous position of the blue main sequence. Further models taking into account the dynamical interaction of the parent dwarf galaxy with the Milky Way and the effect of AGB pollution will be required.

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