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晕和厚盘中的铍丰度和恒星形成

Beryllium abundances and star formation in the halo and in the thick disk

R. Smiljanic, L. Pasquini, P. Bonifacio, D. Galli, R. G. Gratton, S. Randich, B. Wolff

摘要:

铍是宇宙射线散射的纯产物。这意味着铍丰度在时间上的演变相对简单,并建议将其用作类时观测。我们研究了Be在早期银河系的演化及其对运动学和轨道参数的依赖性。我们调查的形成的晕和厚盘的星系和使用Be作为一个cosmochronometer。铍丰度测定高分辨率,高信号噪声UVES光谱与光谱合成的最大样本的晕和厚盘星分析到目前为止。我们用各种图表来表示我们的观测结果。1)在日志(Be/H)与[Fe/H]图中,我们发现一个边缘的统计检测一个真正的散射,高于预期的测量误差,与晕星之间的散射较大。散射的检测进一步支持的存在对具有相同的大气参数和不同的Be丰度的恒星。2)在log(Be/H)vs [alpha/Fe]图中,晕星分为两个部分;一个与演化模型的预测一致,而另一个具有太高的α和Be丰度,并且在化学上与厚盘星无法区分。这表明,晕不是一个单一的均匀的人口,一个明确的年龄-金属丰度关系可以定义。3)在Rmin与[alpha/Fe]和log(Be/H)的关系图中,厚盘星的[alpha/Fe]可能随Rmin而减小,而Be与Rmin没有相关性。这种关系表明,恒星形成率在厚盘的外部区域较低,指向一个由内而外的形成。Be缺乏相关性表明它对恒星形成的局部条件不敏感。

英文摘要:

[abridged] Beryllium is a pure product of cosmic ray spallation. This implies a relatively simple evolution in time of the beryllium abundance and suggests its use as a time-like observable. We study the evolution of Be in the early Galaxy and its dependence on kinematic and orbital parameters. We investigate the formation of the halo and the thick disk of the Galaxy and the use of Be as a cosmochronometer. Beryllium abundances are determined from high resolution, high signal to noise UVES spectra with spectrum synthesis in the largest sample of halo and thick disk stars analyzed to date. We present our observational results in various diagrams. 1) In a log(Be/H) vs [Fe/H] diagram we find a marginal statistical detection of a real scatter, above what expected from measurement errors, with a larger scatter among halo stars. The detection of the scatter is further supported by the existence of pairs of stars with identical atmospheric parameters and different Be abundances. 2) In an log(Be/H) vs [alpha/Fe] diagram, the halo stars separate into two components; one is consistent with predictions of evolutionary models, while the other has too high alpha and Be abundances and is chemically indistinguishable from thick disk stars. This suggests that the halo is not a single uniform population where a clear age-metallicity relation can be defined. 3) In diagrams of Rmin vs [alpha/Fe] and log(Be/H) the thick disk stars show a possible decrease of [alpha/Fe] with Rmin, whereas no dependence of Be with Rmin is seen. This anticorrelation suggests that the star formation rate was lower in the outer regions of the thick disc, pointing towards an inside-out formation. The lack of correlation for Be indicates that it is insensitive to the local conditions of star formation.

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