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Gaia-ESO巡天:Milky Way盘中恒星的径向金属丰度梯度和年龄-金属丰度关系

The Gaia-ESO Survey: radial metallicity gradients and age-metallicity relation of stars in the Milky Way disk

M. Bergemann, G. Ruchti, A. Serenelli, S. Feltzing, A. Alves-Brito, M. Asplund, T. Bensby, P. Gruiters, U. Heiter, A. Korn, K. Lind, A. Marino, P. Jofre, T. Nor… 展开作者

M. Bergemann, G. Ruchti, A. Serenelli, S. Feltzing, A. Alves-Brito, M. Asplund, T. Bensby, P. Gruiters, U. Heiter, A. Korn, K. Lind, A. Marino, P. Jofre, T. Nordlander, N. Ryde, G. Gilmore, S. Randich, A. Ferguson, R. Jeffries, G. Micela, I. Negueruela, T. Prusti, H. -W. Rix, A. Vallenari, E. J. Alfaro, C. Allende Prieto, A. Bragaglia, S. E. Koposov, A. C. Lanzafame, E. Pancino, A. Recio-Blanco, R. Smiljanic, N. Walton, M. T. Costado, E. Franciosini, V. Hill, C. Lardo, P. de Laverny, L. Magrini, E. Maiorca, T. Masseron, L. Morbidelli, G. Sacco, G. Kordopatis, G. Tautvaisiene

摘要:

我们研究了银河系盘中FGK星的年龄、金属丰度和α增强之间的关系。这些结果是基于对Gaia-ESO大型恒星巡天的高分辨率UVES光谱的分析。我们探讨了观测数据集的局限性,即恒星参数的准确性和光度目标预选引起的选择效应。我们发现,在调查中的颜色和震级削减抑制老金属丰富的恒星和年轻的金属贫乏的恒星。在年龄-金属丰度关系的某些区域,这种抑制可能高达97%。该数据集由144颗恒星组成,年龄范围从0.5 Gyr到13.5 Gyr,银心距离从6 kpc到9.5 kpc,与平面的垂直距离为0 < |Z| < 1.5 kpc。在此基础上,我们发现:(1)在0 Gyr到8 Gyr年龄范围内,观测到的年龄-金属丰度关系几乎是平坦的;(2)在9 Gyr以上的年龄,[Fe/H]值下降,明显缺乏富金属星,这不能用巡天选择函数来解释;(4)[Mg/Fe]随年龄增加而增加,但在> 9 Gyr时[Mg/Fe]的离散度并不像其他研究所认为的那样小。在协议与早期的工作,我们发现,径向丰度梯度的变化作为从平面的垂直距离的函数。[Mg/Fe]梯度变陡并变为负值。此外,我们表明,内盘不仅是更丰富的α相比,外盘,但也老,独立跟踪的年龄和Mg丰度的恒星。

英文摘要:

We study the relationship between age, metallicity, and alpha-enhancement of FGK stars in the Galactic disk. The results are based upon the analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra from the Gaia-ESO large stellar survey. We explore the limitations of the observed dataset, i.e. the accuracy of stellar parameters and the selection effects that are caused by the photometric target preselection. We find that the colour and magnitude cuts in the survey suppress old metal-rich stars and young metal-poor stars. This suppression may be as high as 97% in some regions of the age-metallicity relationship. The dataset consists of 144 stars with a wide range of ages from 0.5 Gyr to 13.5 Gyr, Galactocentric distances from 6 kpc to 9.5 kpc, and vertical distances from the plane 0 < |Z| < 1.5 kpc. On this basis, we find that i) the observed age-metallicity relation is nearly flat in the range of ages between 0 Gyr and 8 Gyr; ii) at ages older than 9 Gyr, we see a decrease in [Fe/H] and a clear absence of metal-rich stars; this cannot be explained by the survey selection functions; iii) there is a significant scatter of [Fe/H] at any age; and iv) [Mg/Fe] increases with age, but the dispersion of [Mg/Fe] at ages > 9 Gyr is not as small as advocated by some other studies. In agreement with earlier work, we find that radial abundance gradients change as a function of vertical distance from the plane. The [Mg/Fe] gradient steepens and becomes negative. In addition, we show that the inner disk is not only more alpha-rich compared to the outer disk, but also older, as traced independently by the ages and Mg abundances of stars.

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