We are re-examining the problem of stellar migration in disc galaxies from a diffusion perspective. We use for the first time the formulation of the diffusion rates introduced by \citet{1979PhR....52..263C}, applied to both energy $E$ and angular momentum $L_\mathrm{z}$ in self-consistent N$-$body experiments. We limit our study to the evolution of stellar discs well after the formation of the bar, in a regime of adiabatic evolution. We show that distribution functions of Chirikov diffusion rates have similar shapes regardless the simulations, but different slopes for energy and angular momentum. Distribution functions of derived diffusion time scales $T_D$ have also the same form for all simulations, but are different for $T_D(E)$ and $T_D(L_\mathrm{z})$. Diffusion time scales are strongly dependent on $L_\mathrm{z}$. $T_D(E) \lesssim 1$~Gyr in a $L_\mathrm{z}$ range roughly delimited by the set of stellar bar resonances (between the Ultra Harmonic Resonance and the Outer Lindblad Resonance). Only particles with low $L_\mathrm{z}$ have $T_D(L_\mathrm{z}) \lesssim 10$ Gyr, i.e. the simulation length. In terms of mass fraction, 35 to 42% turn out to diffuse energy in a characteristic time scale shorter than 10 Gyr, i.e. simulations length, while 60 to 64% undergo the diffusion of the angular momentum on the same time scale. Both the diffusion of $L_\mathrm{z}$ and $E$ are important in order to grasp the full characterisation of the radial migration process, and we showed that depending on the spatial region considered, one or the other of the two diffusions dominates.
Orbital migration and heating history of the Galactic disc: a transition between the bimodal discs
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge(剑桥大学天文学研究所);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London(伦敦大学学院物理与天文系);Space and Climate Physics, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London(伦敦大学学院穆拉德空间科学实验室空间与气候物理学);Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto(多伦多大学加拿大理论天体物理研究所);David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto(多伦多大学大卫A邓普林天文学与天体物理学系);Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill(爱丁堡大学天文学研究所皇家天文台)
The effect of stellar migration on Galactic chemical evolution: a heuristic approach
在过去的几年里,星系盘中的恒星迁移一直是几项研究的主题。然而,它对银河系化学演化的影响仍然需要完全量化。在本文中,我们的目的是施加一些限制的意义,这一现象的影响,考虑到化学演化的银河系薄盘。我们不研究恒星迁移的物理机制。相反,我们介绍了一个简单的,启发式的处理恒星迁移的详细化学演化模型的薄盘的银河系,其中已经包括径向气体流动和再现几个观测约束的太阳附近和整个银河系盘。根据Minchev等人的化学动力学模拟结果,在恒星迁移过程中,(2013)和1 km s $^{-1}$的有限恒星速度,很好地再现了长寿命薄盘星金属丰度分布函数的高金属丰度尾部。通过探索速度空间,我们发现迁移恒星必须以0.5 - 2 km/s $^{-1}$的速度运动才能正确地再现金属丰度分布的高金属丰度尾部。我们证实了其他作者以前的发现,太阳附近恒星的年龄-金属丰度关系中观察到的扩散可以解释为起源于不同银河系中心距离的恒星的存在,我们的结论是,目前在太阳附近观察到的恒星的化学性质确实表明恒星迁移在一定程度上存在。
Revealing the spiral arms through radial migration and the shape of the Metallicity Distribution Function
最近的观测显示,银河系的金属丰度分布函数(metallicity distribution function,简写为ψ)会随着半径的变化而改变其形状。这一星盘内径向迁移的新证据对银河系模型提出了额外的限制。通过在一个非常详细的,观测动机的银河系模型中进行受控的测试粒子模拟,我们证明,在盘的内部区域中,由酒吧和螺旋臂的共同作用,而在外半径,主要是由螺旋臂的形状,形成的?我们表明,旋臂能够印上他们的签名在径向迁移,塑造在银河系盘的外围的酒吧的最小参与。相反,这项工作有可能根据径向迁移和螺旋形状来确定螺旋臂的一些结构和动力学参数。最后,用这种近似方法得到的与APOGEE观测到的银河系曲率曲线的相似性表明,影响它们形状的一个基本因素是银河系势。
Evidence of radial-migration driven Galactic disc expansion with the U-shape stellar age profile
South-Western Institute for Astronomy Research, Yunnan University(西南天文研究所,云南大学);Yunnan Key Laboratory of Survey Science, Yunnan University(云南省测绘科学重点实验室,云南大学)