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LMC恒星星族的化学丰度。II。酒吧样品

Chemical abundances in LMC stellar populations. II. The bar sample

M. Van der Swaelmen, V. Hill, F. Primas, A. A. Cole

摘要:

本文比较了大麦云云(LMC)和银河系(MW)的化学演化,并在棒形成的背景下研究了棒与LMC内盘的关系。我们获得了高分辨率和中等信噪比光谱与FLAMES/GIRAFFE在ESO/VLT和进行了详细的化学分析的106和58 LMC场红巨星(大部分年龄超过1 Gyr),分别位于酒吧和光盘的LMC。我们测量了O、Mg、Si、Ca、Ti、Na、Sc、V、Cr、Co、Ni、Cu、Y、Zr、Ba、La和Eu的元素丰度。结果表明,LMC中的α元素比[Mg/Fe]和[O/Fe]低于MW,而LMC中的[Si/Fe]、[Ca/Fe]和[Ti/Fe]与MW相近。对于重元素,[Ba,La/Eu]从[Fe/H]=-0.8 dex开始随着金属丰度的增加而显著增加,LMC的[Y+Zr/Ba+La]比低于MW。铜几乎是恒定的所有金属丰度和约0.5德克斯低LMC比MW。LMC棒和内部盘在[α/Fe](金属丰度范围[-1,-0.5]内棒的分散度略大)、Eu(棒趋势高于盘趋势,[Fe/H] > -0.5 dex)、Y和Zr、Na和V(棒和盘分布之间的偏移)方面存在差异。我们的研究结果表明,LMC的化学历史经历了强大的贡献,Ia型超新星,以及强大的s-过程富集金属贫AGB风。与MW相比,大质量恒星对化学富集的贡献较小。观测到的棒和盘之间的差异有利于几个Gyr前增强恒星形成的插曲,发生在LMC的中心部分,并导致了棒的形成。这与最近得出的恒星形成历史相一致。

英文摘要:

This paper compares the chemical evolution of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) to that of the Milky Way (MW) and investigates the relation between the bar and the inner disc of the LMC in the context of the formation of the bar. We obtained high-resolution and mid signal-to-noise ratio spectra with FLAMES/GIRAFFE at ESO/VLT and performed a detailed chemical analysis of 106 and 58 LMC field red giant stars (mostly older than 1 Gyr), located in the bar and the disc of the LMC respectively. We measured elemental abundances for O, Mg, Si, Ca, Ti, Na, Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Y, Zr, Ba, La and Eu. We find that the α-element ratios [Mg/Fe] and [O/Fe] are lower in the LMC than in the MW while the LMC has similar [Si/Fe], [Ca/Fe], and [Ti/Fe] to the MW. As for the heavy elements, [Ba,La/Eu] exhibit a strong increase with increasing metallicity starting from [Fe/H]=-0.8 dex, and the LMC has lower [Y+Zr/Ba+La] ratios than the MW. Cu is almost constant over all metallicities and about 0.5 dex lower in the LMC than in the MW. The LMC bar and inner disc exhibit differences in their [α/Fe] (slightly larger scatter for the bar in the metallicity range [-1,-0.5]), their Eu (the bar trend is above the disc trend for [Fe/H] > -0.5 dex), their Y and Zr, their Na and their V (offset between bar and disc distributions). Our results show that the chemical history of the LMC experienced a strong contribution from type Ia supernovae as well as a strong s-process enrichment from metal-poor AGB winds. Massive stars made a smaller contribution to the chemical enrichment compared to the MW. The observed differences between the bar and the disc speak in favour of an episode of enhanced star formation a few Gyr ago, occurring in the central parts of the LMC and leading to the formation of the bar. This is in agreement with recently derived star formation histories.

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