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超暗矮星系中r过程源的中子星并合模拟

Simulating Neutron Star Mergers as r-process Sources in Ultra Faint Dwarf Galaxies

Mohammadtaher Safarzadeh, Evan Scannapieco

摘要:

为了解释在超暗矮星系中观测到的高丰度的r过程元素,我们进行了宇宙学变焦模拟,包括从中子星合并(NSMs)的r过程生产。我们模拟恒星形成随机和模拟两个不同的晕总质量$\approx 10^8 M_{\odot}$在z = 6。我们发现,[Eu/H]与[Fe/H]的最终分布对r过程物质射入星际介质的能量相对不敏感,但对NSM事件发生的环境非常敏感。在一个晕中,NSM事件发生在恒星分布的中心,导致高水平的r-过程富集,如在局部UFD中看到的,网状物II(Ret II)。在第二个晕中,NSM事件发生在星系的致密部分之外,导致更广泛的r过程分布。随后的恒星形成发生在一个星际介质与浅水平的r-过程的富集,从而导致在恒星与低水平的[Eu/H]相比,Ret II星,即使当最大可能的r-过程的质量被假定为喷射。这表明,出生踢的中子星也可能发挥重要作用,在确定的r-过程的丰度在UFD星系,一个主题,值得进一步的理论研究。

英文摘要:

To explain the high observed abundances of r-process elements in local ultra- faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies, we perform cosmological zoom simulations that include r-process production from neutron star mergers (NSMs). We model star-formation stochastically and simulate two different halos with total masses $\approx 10^8 M_{\odot}$ at z = 6. We find that the final distribution of [Eu/H] vs. [Fe/H] is relatively insensitive to the energy by which the r-process material is ejected into the interstellar medium, but strongly sensitive to the environment in which the NSM event occurs. In one halo the NSM event takes place at the center of the stellar distribution, leading to high-levels of r-process enrichment such as seen in a local UFD, Reticulum II (Ret II). In a second halo, the NSM event takes place outside of the densest part of the galaxy, leading to a more extended r-process distribution. The subsequent star formation occurs in an interstellar medium with shallow levels of r-process enrichment which results in stars with low levels of [Eu/H] compared to Ret II stars even when the maximum possible r-process mass is assumed to be ejected. This suggests that the natal kicks of neutron stars may also play an important role in determining the r-process abundances in UFD galaxies, a topic that warrants further theoretical investigation.

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