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中子星合并对星系形成中R过程化学演化的贡献

Contribution of Neutron Star Mergers to the R-process Chemical Evolution in the Hierarchical Galaxy Formation

Yutaka Komiya, Toshikazu Shigeyama

摘要:

r-过程元素的主要天文来源尚未确定。一个可能的地点是中子星合并(NSM),但从银河系化学演化的角度来看,它已被指出,NSM不能再现所观察到的r-过程丰度分布的贫金属星在[Fe/H] $< -3$。最近,Tsujimoto & Shigeyama(2014)指出,NSM喷出物可以扩散到比超新星喷出物更大的体积。我们重新研究的富集r-过程元素的NSM考虑这种差异的传播下的层次星系形成的化学演化模型。在真实的NSM延迟时间分布下,如果低质量星系的恒星形成效率较低,则[Fe/H] $\sim -3$周围的r过程增强星被再现。我们发现,一个显着的NSM喷出物的一部分逃离其宿主原星系污染星系际物质和其他原星系。r过程元素在原星系上的传播改变了[Fe/H] $< -3$的丰度分布,得到了与银河系晕星观测一致的分布。特别是,星系际介质的预富集解释了所观测到的不含Ba的EMP星的稀少和[Fe/H] $\lesssim -3.5$处r过程元素的丰度分布。

英文摘要:

The main astronomical source of r-process elements has not yet been identified. One plausible site is neutron star mergers (NSMs), but from perspective of the Galactic chemical evolution, it has been pointed out that NSMs cannot reproduce the observed r-process abundance distribution of metal-poor stars at [Fe/H] $< -3$. Recently, Tsujimoto & Shigeyama (2014) pointed out that NSM ejecta can spread into much larger volume than ejecta from a supernova. We re-examine the enrichment of r-process elements by NSMs considering this difference in propagation using the chemical evolution model under the hierarchical galaxy formation. The observed r-process enhanced stars around [Fe/H] $\sim -3$ are reproduced if the star formation efficiency is lower for low-mass galaxies under a realistic delay time distribution for NSMs. We show that a significant fraction of NSM ejecta escape from its host proto-galaxy to pollute intergalactic matter and other proto-galaxies. The propagation of r-process elements over proto-galaxies changes the abundance distribution at [Fe/H] $< -3$ and obtains distribution compatible with observations of the Milky Way halo stars. In particular, the pre-enrichment of intergalactic medium explains the observed scarcity of EMP stars without Ba and abundance distribution of r-process elements at [Fe/H] $\lesssim -3.5$.

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