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银河系隆起金属丰度分布的线索:OGLE -2007_BLG-349 S的丰度

Clues to the Metallicity Distribution in the Galactic Bulge: Abundances in OGLE-2007_BLG-349S

Judith G. Cohen, Wenjin Huang, A. Udalski, Andrew Gould, Jennifer Johnson

摘要:

我们提出了一个基于高色散和高信噪比凯克光谱的非常高度微透镜的银河系隆起矮星OGLE-2007-BLG-349 S的丰度分析,Teff ~ 5400 K。在获取光谱时的放大率范围为350至450。这颗球星的金属丰度非常高,[Fe/H] = +0.51 \pm 0.09 dex。26种元素的28种元素的丰度比可以在光谱中检测到。特别是,没有证据表明任何α-元素,包括O和Mg的增强。我们的结论是,在这颗恒星中看到的高[Fe/H],当与之前对另外两颗也是微透镜的银河系凸起矮星的详细丰度分析中得出的同样高的[Fe/H]相结合时,意味着银河系凸起中的金属丰度中值非常高。因此,我们推断,许多以前的估计的金属丰度分布在银河系的隆起大大低估了平均铁金属丰度,由于样本的偏见,并提出了这样的候选机制。如果我们的猜想被证明是有效的,它可能是必要的,以更新校准的算法所使用的许多团体来解释光谱和宽带光度的综合光非常富含金属的老恒星星族,包括发光的椭圆星系。

英文摘要:

We present an abundance analysis based on high dispersion and high signal-to-noise ratio Keck spectra of a very highly microlensed Galactic bulge dwarf, OGLE-2007-BLG-349S, with Teff ~ 5400 K. The amplification at the time the spectra were taken ranged from 350 to 450. This bulge star is highly enhanced in metallicity with [Fe/H] = +0.51 \pm 0.09 dex. The abundance ratios for the 28 species of 26 elements for which features could be detected in the spectra are solar. In particular, there is no evidence for enhancement of any of the alpha-elements including O and Mg. We conclude that the high [Fe/H] seen in this star, when combined with the equally high [Fe/H] derived in previous detailed abundance analysis of two other Galactic bulge dwarfs, both also microlensed, implies that the median metallicity in the Galactic bulge is very high. We thus infer that many previous estimates of the metallicity distribution in the Galactic bulge have substantially underestimated the mean Fe-metallicity there due to sample bias, and suggest a candidate mechanism for such. If our conjecture proves valid, it may be necessary to update the calibrations for the algorithms used by many groups to interpret spectra and broad band photometry of the integrated light of very metal-rich old stellar populations, including luminous elliptical galaxies.

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