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径向气流对Milky Way和M31化学演化的影响

The effect of radial gas flows on the chemical evolution of the Milky Way and M31

E. Spitoni, F. Matteucci

摘要:

我们提出了详细的化学演化模型的银河系和M31径向气体流的存在。这些模型详细地遵循几种化学元素(H、He、CNO、$α$元素、Fe峰元素)在空间和时间中的演化。考虑了不同类型超新星对化学富集的贡献。我们发现,一个由内而外形成的磁盘加上径向气体流入的可变速度可以很好地再现所观察到的丰度梯度在两个星系。我们还讨论了其他参数的影响,如在气体密度的恒星形成和恒星形成的效率随银河系半径的变化阈值。此外,我们第一次计算银河系和M31中存在径向气流时的银河系宜居带。其主要作用是增加恒星的数量托管一个可居住的行星相对于模型没有径向流,在该地区的最大概率发生这种情况。在银河系中,拥有可居住行星的恒星的最大数量是在距离银河系中心8 kpc处,径向气体流模型预测的行星数量比经典模型预测的大38%。

英文摘要:

We present detailed chemical evolution models for the Milky Way and M31 in presence of radial gas flows. These models follow in detail the evolution of several chemical elements (H, He, CNO, $α$ elements, Fe-peak elements) in space and time. The contribution of supernovae of different type to chemical enrichment is taken into account. We find that an inside-out formation of the disks coupled with radial gas inflows of variable speed can reproduce very well the observed abundance gradients in both galaxies. We also discuss the effects of other parameters, such as a threshold in the gas density for star formation and efficiency of star formation varying with galactic radius. Moreover, for the first time we compute the galactic habitable zone in our Galaxy and M31 in presence of radial gas flows. The main effect is to enhance the number of stars hosting a habitable planet with respect to the models without radial flow, in the region of maximum probability for this occurrence. In the Milky Way the maximum number of stars hosting habitable planets is at 8 kpc from the Galactic center, and the model with radial gas flows predicts a number of planets which is 38% larger than that predicted by the classical model.

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