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模拟星系中的薄盘、厚盘和晕

Thin disc, Thick Disc and Halo in a Simulated Galaxy

C. B. Brook, G. S. Stinson, B. K. Gibson, D. Kawata, E. L. House, M. S. Miranda, A. V. Macciò, K. Pilkington, R. Roškar, J. Wadsley, T. R. Quinn

摘要:

在宇宙流体动力学模拟中,我们形成了一个盘星系,其子成分可以通过化学分解被分配到薄恒星盘,厚盘和低质量恒星晕。这样选择的薄盘和厚盘种群在它们的年龄、运动学和金属丰度上是不同的。薄盘星是年轻的(<6.6 Gyr),具有低速色散(σU,V,W = 41,31,25 km/s),高[Fe/H]和低[O/Fe]。厚盘星年龄大(6.6<age<9.8 Gyrs),比薄盘星滞后\sim 21 km/s,速度色散大(σU,V,W = 49,44,35 km/s),[Fe/H]低,[O/Fe]高。在模拟的“太阳环带”中,晕的组成部分占不到4%,金属丰度低,速度椭球定义为(σU,V,W = 62,46,45 km/s),主要是在早期合并时期就地形成的。在这个时期,富含气体的合并在推动旧盘星(厚盘)的形成方面发挥了重要作用。这与研究表明冷吸积是盘星系重子的主要来源是一致的。我们的模拟最初形成了一个相对较短的(scalelength \sim 1.7 kpc在z=1)和运动学热盘,主要是从气体吸积在星系的合并时代。远不是一个竞争的形成场景,迁移是至关重要的调和短,热,盘形成在高红移在ΛCDM,与厚盘的属性在z=0。厚盘,定义为其丰度保持其相对较短的规模长度在z = 0(2.31千秒差距)相比,总盘规模长度为2.73千秒差距。盘生长的由内而外的性质是印记的丰度的演变,这样的金属贫乏的α-年轻的人口有一个更大的尺度长度(4.07 kpc)比更多的化学进化的金属丰富的α-年轻的人口(2.74 kpc)。

英文摘要:

Within a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation, we form a disc galaxy with sub- components which can be assigned to a thin stellar disc, thick disk, and a low mass stellar halo via a chemical decomposition. The thin and thick disc populations so selected are distinct in their ages, kinematics, and metallicities. Thin disc stars are young (<6.6 Gyr), possess low velocity dispersion (σU,V,W = 41, 31, 25 km/s), high [Fe/H], and low [O/Fe]. The thick disc stars are old (6.6<age<9.8 Gyrs), lag the thin disc by \sim21 km/s, possess higher velocity dispersion (σU,V,W = 49, 44, 35 km/s), relatively low [Fe/H] and high [O/Fe]. The halo component comprises less than 4% of stars in the "solar annulus" of the simulation, has low metallicity, a velocity ellipsoid defined by (σU,V,W = 62, 46, 45 km/s) and is formed primarily in-situ during an early merger epoch. Gas-rich mergers during this epoch play a major role in fuelling the formation of the old disc stars (the thick disc). This is consistent with studies which show that cold accretion is the main source of a disc galaxy's baryons. Our simulation initially forms a relatively short (scalelength \sim1.7 kpc at z=1) and kinematically hot disc, primarily from gas accreted during the galaxy's merger epoch. Far from being a competing formation scenario, migration is crucial for reconciling the short, hot, discs which form at high redshift in ΛCDM, with the properties of the thick disc at z=0. The thick disc, as defined by its abundances maintains its relatively short scale-length at z = 0 (2.31 kpc) compared with the total disc scale-length of 2.73 kpc. The inside-out nature of disc growth is imprinted the evolution of abundances such that the metal poor α-young population has a larger scale-length (4.07 kpc) than the more chemically evolved metal rich α-young population (2.74 kpc).

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