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银河系隆起中的轻、α和Fe峰元素丰度

Light, Alpha, and Fe-Peak Element Abundances in the Galactic Bulge

Christian I. Johnson, R. Michael Rich, Chiaki Kobayashi, Andrea Kunder, Andreas Koch

摘要:

本文给出了位于(l,b)=(+5.25,-3.02)和(0,-12)附近的两个星系核球场中的156颗红巨星支星的径向速度和O,Na,Mg,Al,Si,Ca,Cr,Fe,Co,Ni和Cu的化学丰度。(+5.25,-3.02)区域也包括对核球球状星团NGC 6553的观测。这些结果基于通过ESO档案获得的高分辨率(R~ 20,000)、高信噪比(S/N>70)FLAMES-GIRAFFE光谱。然而,我们只选择了原始观测的一个子集,其中包括具有高S/N的光谱,并且没有显示出强的TiO吸收带。目前的工作扩展了以前的分析,这一数据集以外的铁和α-元素镁,硅,钙,钛。虽然我们发现与过去的工作有合理的一致性,但这里提供的数据表明,凸起可能表现出与局部厚盘不同的化学成分,特别是在[Fe/H]>-0.5时。特别是,凸起[α/Fe]比可以保持增强到比厚盘略高的[Fe/H],并且Fe峰元素Co、Ni和Cu与盘相比似乎增强。也有一些证据表明,[Na/Fe](而不是[Al/Fe])之间的隆起和本地磁盘的趋势可能是不同的,在低和高金属丰度。我们还发现,速度色散作为增加的函数减少[Fe/H]为两个字段,并没有检测到任何显着的冷,高速人口。与化学富集模型的比较表明,需要很大一部分的超新星来解释核球的丰度趋势,而初始质量函数过于陡峭、头重脚轻(不包括强烈的外流),或者为了避免包括大于40个太阳质量的恒星的贡献而被截断,特别是因为与Fe峰丰度数据不一致。[删节]

英文摘要:

We present radial velocities and chemical abundances of O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu for a sample of 156 red giant branch stars in two Galactic bulge fields centered near (l,b)=(+5.25,-3.02) and (0,-12). The (+5.25,-3.02) field also includes observations of the bulge globular cluster NGC 6553. The results are based on high resolution (R~20,000), high signal-to-noise (S/N>70) FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra obtained through the ESO archive. However, we only selected a subset of the original observations that included spectra with both high S/N and that did not show strong TiO absorption bands. The present work extends previous analyses of this data set beyond Fe and the alpha-elements Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti. While we find reasonable agreement with past work, the data presented here indicate that the bulge may exhibit a different chemical composition than the local thick disk, especially at [Fe/H]>-0.5. In particular, the bulge [alpha/Fe] ratios may remain enhanced to a slightly higher [Fe/H] than the thick disk and the Fe-peak elements Co, Ni, and Cu appear enhanced compared to the disk. There is also some evidence that the [Na/Fe] (but not [Al/Fe]) trends between the bulge and local disk may be different at low and high metallicity. We also find that the velocity dispersion decreases as a function of increasing [Fe/H] for both fields, and do not detect any significant cold, high velocity population. A comparison with chemical enrichment models indicates that a significant fraction of hypernovae are required to explain the bulge abundance trends, and that initial mass functions that are steep, top-heavy (and do not include strong outflow), or truncated to avoid including contributions from stars >40 solar masses are ruled out, in particular because of disagreement with the Fe-peak abundance data. [abridged]

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