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arXiv 1206.3469astro-ph.GAastro-ph.SR
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从外围的一个区域限制银河系凸起的结构和形成。(l,b)=(0°,-10°)附近约400颗红巨星的FLAMES-GIRAFFE谱

Constraining the structure and formation of the Galactic bulge from a field in its outskirts. FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra of about 400 red giants around (l,b)=(0°,-10°)

Stefan Uttenthaler, Mathias Schultheis, David. M. Nataf, Annie C. Robin, Thomas Lebzelter, B. Chen

摘要:

最近有报道称,在银河系核球中存在两个恒星星族。我们的目标是研究恒星的丰度和运动学的外凸,从而提供额外的限制其形成的模型。用FLAMES在VLT上获得了401颗红巨星在(l,b)=(0°,-10°)视场中的光谱。光度低于两个凸起红团(RC)的恒星也包括在内。从这些光谱,我们测量一般的金属丰度,丰富的铁和α-元素,和径向速度(RV)的恒星。这些测量以及光度数据进行比较,模拟与贝桑松和TRILEGAL模型的银河系。我们确认在我们的样本星中存在两个星族:i)在[M/H] ~+0.3处的富金属星族,约占样本的30%,具有低RV色散和低α丰度; ii)在[M/H] ~-0.6处的贫金属星族,具有高RV色散和高α丰度。富含金属的人口可能与银河系酒吧有关。我们确定这一人口的双RC功能的载体。我们没有发现一个显着的差异,金属或RV之间的两个RC,金属的一个小的差异可能是由于选择效应。RV色散与贝桑松星系模型的预测吻合得很好,但“厚凸起”模型组件的金属丰度应向低金属丰度移动0.2至0.3dex,以再现观测结果。我们提出的证据表明,金属丰度分布函数取决于样本恒星的演化状态,这表明增强的质量损失优先删除富含金属的恒星。我们还证实了随着金属丰度的增加,α元素的过剩丰度减少。

英文摘要:

The presence of two stellar populations in the Milky Way bulge has been reported recently. We aim at studying the abundances and kinematics of stars in the outer bulge, thereby providing additional constraints on models of its formation. Spectra of 401 red giant stars in a field at (l,b)=(0°,-10°) were obtained with FLAMES at the VLT. Stars of luminosities down to below the two bulge red clumps (RCs) are included. From these spectra we measure general metallicities, abundances of Fe and the alpha-elements, and radial velocities (RV) of the stars. These measurements as well as photometric data are compared to simulations with the Besancon and TRILEGAL models of the Galaxy. We confirm the presence of two populations among our sample stars: i) a metal-rich one at [M/H] ~+0.3, comprising about 30% of the sample, with low RV dispersion and low alpha-abundance, and ii) a metal-poor population at [M/H] ~-0.6 with high RV dispersion and high alpha-abundance. The metal-rich population could be connected to the Galactic bar. We identify this population as the carrier of the double RC feature. We do not find a significant difference in metallicity or RV between the two RCs, a small difference in metallicity being probably due to a selection effect. The RV dispersion agrees well with predictions of the Besancon Galaxy model, but the metallicity of the "thick bulge" model component should be shifted to lower metallicity by 0.2 to 0.3dex to well reproduce the observations. We present evidence that the metallicity distribution function depends on the evolutionary state of the sample stars, suggesting that enhanced mass loss preferentially removes metal-rich stars. We also confirm the decrease of α-element over-abundance with increasing metallicity.

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