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Milky Way丰度梯度的起源:不同模型的预测

The origin of abundance gradients in the Milky Way: the predictions of different models

E. Colavitti, G. Cescutti, F. Matteucci, G. Murante

摘要:

我们的目标是研究沿银河系盘的丰度梯度和它们的依赖于几个参数:在表面气体密度调节恒星形成的阈值,恒星形成效率,形成薄盘的时间尺度和总表面质量密度的恒星晕。我们测试一个模型,认为宇宙的下落法。这一定律并不能预测一个由内而外的盘的形成,但它可以很好地适应太阳附近的性质。我们研究了几个案例。我们发现,在同一时间再现的丰度,恒星形成率和表面气体密度梯度沿银河系盘,它是必要的,假设一个由内而外形成的磁盘。气体密度的阈值不是必需的,通过假设一个变星的形成效率也可以达到同样的效果。从宇宙学推导出的包含由内而外的盘形成过程和变星形成效率的坍缩定律确实能很好地再现盘的所有性质。然而,这里提出的宇宙学模型没有足够的分辨率来捕捉所要求的盘的由内而外的形成。

英文摘要:

We aim at studying the abundance gradients along the Galactic disk and their dependence upon several parameters: a threshold in the surface gas density regulating star formation, the star formation efficiency, the timescale for the formation of the thin disk and the total surface mass density of the stellar halo. We test a model which considers a cosmological infall law. This law does not predict an inside-out disk formation, but it allows to well fit the properties of the solar vicinity. We study several cases. We find that to reproduce at the same time the abundance, star formation rate and surface gas density gradients along the Galactic disk it is necessary to assume an inside-out formation for the disk. The threshold in the gas density is not necessary and the same effect could be reached by assuming a variable star formation efficiency. A cosmologically derived infall law with an inside-out process for the disk formation and a variable star formation efficiency can indeed well reproduce all the properties of the disk. However, the cosmological model presented here does not have sufficient resolution to capture the requested inside-out formation for the disk.

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