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银河系整体IMF对太阳邻域化学演化的影响

Effects of the integrated galactic IMF on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood

F. Calura, S. Recchi, F. Matteucci, P. Kroupa

摘要:

初始质量函数决定了每一代恒星中诞生的不同初始质量恒星的比例。在本文中,我们测试的综合银河系初始质量函数(IGIMF)的太阳附近的化学演化的影响。IGIMF(Weiglion & Kroupa 2005)是由恒星初始质量函数(IMF)(即单个星团的质量函数)和嵌入的星团质量函数(即指数为β的幂律)的组合计算出来的。考虑到最大可获得的恒星质量是星团总质量的函数,IGIMF成为一个随时间变化的IMF,它取决于恒星形成率。我们应用这种形式主义的化学演化模型的太阳附近,并通过假设三种可能的值β与通过一个标准的,经过良好测试的,恒定的IMF得到的结果进行了比较。一般来说,β的绝对值越低,意味着IGIMF越平坦,因此有更多的大质量恒星和更大的金属喷射率。这意味着更高的Ia型和II型超新星爆发率,更高的大质量恒星的质量喷射率和更大量的气体可用于恒星形成,再加上现今较低的恒星质量密度。我们还讨论了当今恒星质量函数(PDMF)的重要性,它提供了一种方法来解决β的各种假设。我们的研究结果表明,采用IGIMF计算β ~2的模型应该被认为是最好的,因为它允许我们重现观察到的PDMF和占大多数的化学演变的限制,在这项工作中考虑。

英文摘要:

The initial mass function determines the fraction of stars of different intial mass born per stellar generation. In this paper, we test the effects of the integrated galactic initial mass function (IGIMF) on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood. The IGIMF (Weidner & Kroupa 2005) is computed from the combination of the stellar intial mass function (IMF), i.e. the mass function of single star clusters, and the embedded cluster mass function, i.e. a power law with index beta. By taking into account also the fact that the maximum achievable stellar mass is a function of the total mass of the cluster, the IGIMF becomes a time-varying IMF which depends on the star formation rate. We applied this formalism to a chemical evolution model for the solar neighbourhood and compared the results obtained by assuming three possible values for beta with the results obtained by means of a standard, well-tested, constant IMF. In general, a lower absolute value of beta implies a flatter IGIMF, hence a larger number of massive stars and larger metal ejection rates. This translates into higher type Ia and II supernova rates, higher mass ejection rates from massive stars and a larger amount of gas available for star formation, coupled with lower present-day stellar mass densities. (abridged) We also discuss the importance of the present day stellar mass function (PDMF) in providing a way to disentangle among various assumptions for beta. Our results indicate that the model adopting the IGIMF computed with beta ~2 should be considered the best since it allows us to reproduce the observed PDMF and to account for most of the chemical evolution constraints considered in this work.

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