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中分辨率光谱的多元素吸收测量。II。Milky Way矮卫星星系的星表

Multi-Element Abundance Measurements from Medium-Resolution Spectra. II. Catalog of Stars in Milky Way Dwarf Satellite Galaxies

Evan N. Kirby, Puragra Guhathakurta, Joshua D. Simon, Marla C. Geha, Constance M. Rockosi, Christopher Sneden, Judith G. Cohen, Sangmo Tony Sohn, Steven R. Majewski, Michael Siegel

摘要:

我们提出了一个目录的铁,镁,硅,钙,钛丰度的2961红巨星,可能是成员的8个矮卫星星系的银河系(MW):玉夫座,天炉座,狮子座I,六分仪座,狮子座II,猎犬座,小熊座,天龙座。为了验证我们的测量结果,我们还观察到445红巨星MW球状星团和21场红巨星MW晕。测量是基于Keck/DEIMOS中分辨率光谱与光谱合成相结合。我们估计[Fe/H]的不确定性,通过量化的[Fe/H]测量的分散在一个样本中的恒星在monopolitan球状星团。我们估计镁,硅,钙,钛丰度的不确定性,通过比较我们的中分辨率光谱测量高分辨率光谱丰度相同的恒星。为此,我们的DEIMOS样本包括132颗红巨星,这些红巨星在球状星团、MW晕场和矮星系中具有已发表的高分辨率光谱。两个样品之间的[Fe/H]和[α/Fe]([Mg/Fe]、[Si/Fe]、[Ca/Fe]和[Ti/Fe]的平均值)之差的标准偏差分别为0.15和0.16。这个目录代表了迄今为止矮星系中最大的多元素丰度样本。本系列的下一篇论文将从这里介绍的目录中得出关于化学演化、气体动力学和恒星形成历史的结论。矮星系光度变化范围之广揭示了矮星系化学演化对星系恒星质量的依赖性。

英文摘要:

We present a catalog of Fe, Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti abundances for 2961 red giant stars that are likely members of eight dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way (MW): Sculptor, Fornax, Leo I, Sextans, Leo II, Canes Venatici I, Ursa Minor, and Draco. For the purposes of validating our measurements, we also observed 445 red giants in MW globular clusters and 21 field red giants in the MW halo. The measurements are based on Keck/DEIMOS medium-resolution spectroscopy combined with spectral synthesis. We estimate uncertainties in [Fe/H] by quantifying the dispersion of [Fe/H] measurements in a sample of stars in monometallic globular clusters. We estimate uncertainties in Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti abundances by comparing our medium-resolution spectroscopic measurements to high-resolution spectroscopic abundances of the same stars. For this purpose, our DEIMOS sample included 132 red giants with published high-resolution spectroscopy in globular clusters, the MW halo field, and dwarf galaxies. The standard deviations of the differences in [Fe/H] and [alpha/Fe] (the average of [Mg/Fe], [Si/Fe], [Ca/Fe], and [Ti/Fe]) between the two samples is 0.15 and 0.16, respectively. This catalog represents the largest sample of multi-element abundances in dwarf galaxies to date. The next papers in this series draw conclusions on the chemical evolution, gas dynamics, and star formation histories from the catalog presented here. The wide range of dwarf galaxy luminosity reveals the dependence of dwarf galaxy chemical evolution on galaxy stellar mass.

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