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玉夫座矮球状星系中的锌

Zinc in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Ása Skúladóttir, Eline Tolstoy, Stefania Salvadori, Vanessa Hill, Max Pettini

摘要:

利用ESO VLT/FLAMES/GIRAFFE光谱测量了玉夫座矮球状星系中$\approx$ 100颗红巨星支(RGB)星的Zn丰度。这是在银河系以外的恒星系统中单个锌丰度测量的最大样本。在观察到的金属丰度范围内,$-2.7\leq\text{[Fe/H]}\leq-0.9$,在玉夫座锌丰度的一般趋势是类似的$α$ -元素。也就是说,在低金属丰度下,[Zn/Fe]的超太阳丰度比随着[Fe/H]的增加而降低,最终达到太阳下的值。然而,在Sculptor的较高金属丰度处,$\text{[Fe/H]}\gtrsim-1.8$,我们发现了一个显著的分散体,$-0.8\lesssim\text{[Zn/Fe]}\lesssim+0.4$,这在任何$α$ -元素中都没有看到。我们的研究结果是一致的,与以前的观测数量有限的恒星在玉夫座和其他矮星系。这些结果表明,锌有一个复杂的核合成的起源,既不完全像一个$α$ -也不是一个铁峰元素。

英文摘要:

From ESO VLT/FLAMES/GIRAFFE spectra, abundance measurements of Zn have been made in $\approx$100 individual red giant branch (RGB) stars in the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy. This is the largest sample of individual Zn abundance measurements within a stellar system beyond the Milky Way. In the observed metallicity range, $-2.7\leq\text{[Fe/H]}\leq-0.9$, the general trend of Zn abundances in Sculptor is similar to that of $α$-elements. That is, super-solar abundance ratios of [Zn/Fe] at low metallicities, which decrease with increasing [Fe/H], eventually reaching subsolar values. However, at the higher metallicities in Sculptor, $\text{[Fe/H]}\gtrsim-1.8$, we find a significant scatter, $-0.8\lesssim\text{[Zn/Fe]}\lesssim+0.4$, which is not seen in any $α$-element. Our results are consistent with previous observations of a limited number of stars in Sculptor and in other dwarf galaxies. These results suggest that zinc has a complex nucleosynthetic origin, behaving neither completely like an $α$- nor an iron-peak element.

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