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作为原始化学分布的化石标志的Milky Way厚盘中的径向金属丰度梯度

The radial metallicity gradients in the Milky Way thick disk as fossil signatures of a primordial chemical distribution

A. Curir, A. L. Serra, A. Spagna, M. G. Lattanzi, P. Re Fiorentin, A. Diaferio

摘要:

在这封信中,我们研究的长期过程引起的径向金属丰度梯度的演变,在一个$N$体银河系类星系的磁盘。我们根据初始的、宇宙学激发的、径向化学分布为模拟的每个粒子分配一个[Fe/H]值,并让圆盘动态演化6 Gyr。这种直接的方法使我们能够只考虑动力学演化的影响,并衡量它们如何以及在多大程度上影响初始化学条件。初始[Fe/H]分布在内部盘中随R增加,直到R ~ 10 kpc,并且随着R的增大而减小。我们发现,最初的化学配置文件不进行重大改造后,6 Gyr的动态演变。在太阳附近的模型预测的最终径向化学梯度是积极的,最近在银河系厚盘观察到的相同的顺序。我们的结论是:1)盘形成时的空间化学印记没有被长期动力学过程所消除; 2)观测到的径向梯度可能是厚盘的动力学遗迹,该厚盘起源于在内部区域显示出正的化学径向梯度的恒星星族。

英文摘要:

In this letter we examine the evolution of the radial metallicity gradient induced by secular processes, in the disk of an $N$-body Milky Way-like galaxy. We assign a [Fe/H] value to each particle of the simulation according to an initial, cosmologically motivated, radial chemical distribution and let the disk dynamically evolve for 6 Gyr. This direct approach allows us to take into account only the effects of dynamical evolution and to gauge how and to what extent they affect the initial chemical conditions. The initial [Fe/H] distribution increases with R in the inner disk up to R ~ 10 kpc and decreases for larger R. We find that the initial chemical profile does not undergo major transformations after 6 Gyr of dynamical evolution. The final radial chemical gradients predicted by the model in the solar neighborhood are positive and of the same order of those recently observed in the Milky Way thick disk. We conclude that: 1) the spatial chemical imprint at the time of disk formation is not washed out by secular dynamical processes, and 2) the observed radial gradient may be the dynamical relic of a thick disk originated from a stellar population showing a positive chemical radial gradient in the inner regions.

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