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[ $α$ /Fe]在Milky Way盘中的分布

The distribution of [$α$/Fe] in the Milky Way disc

Fiorenzo Vincenzo, David H. Weinberg, Andrea Miglio, Richard R. Lane, Alexandre Roman-Lopes

摘要:

利用阿帕奇点天文台银河演化实验(APOGEE)数据发布16的红巨星样本,我们推断出$α$ -元素Mg,O,Si,S和Ca在银河系盘中的条件分布$p([α/\text{Fe}]\,|\,[\text{Fe/H}])$。在[Fe/H]和银河中心半径$R$的每个仓中,我们将$p([α/\text{Fe}])$建模为两个高斯的和,分别用标度高度$z_1=0.45\,\text{kpc}$和$z_2=0.95\,\text{kpc}$表示“低$α$“和“高$α$“种群。通过占年龄依赖性和$z$依赖性的选择作用在远日星,我们推断[ $α$ /Fe]分布,将被发现一个公平的样本的长寿恒星覆盖所有$z$。在太阳圈附近,这种分布在太阳下[Fe/H]处是双峰的,低$α$峰和高$α$峰被中间[ $α$ /Fe]处的最小值清楚地分开。与以前的结果一致,我们发现高$α$布居在较小的$R$、较低的[Fe/H]和较大的$|z|$下更显著,并且Si和Ca的序列分离比Mg、O和S的序列分离小。对于低$α$和高$α$群体,我们发现在固定[Fe/H]下[ $α$ /Fe]的显著内在散射,典型地为$\sim 0.04$ -dex。这两个高斯描述的手段,分散体和相对振幅,以及这些参数对$R$,[Fe/H],和$α$ -元素的依赖性,提供了一个定量的目标化学演化模型和测试盘星系形成的流体动力学模拟。我们认为,解释所观察到的双峰可能需要一个或多个急剧的转变,在磁盘的气体吸积,恒星形成,或流出的历史,除了径向混合的恒星种群。

英文摘要:

Using a sample of red giant stars from the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) Data Release 16, we infer the conditional distribution $p([α/\text{Fe}]\,|\,[\text{Fe/H}])$ in the Milky Way disk for the $α$-elements Mg, O, Si, S, and Ca. In each bin of [Fe/H] and Galactocentric radius $R$, we model $p([α/\text{Fe}])$ as a sum of two Gaussians, representing "low-$α$" and "high-$α$" populations with scale heights $z_1=0.45\,\text{kpc}$ and $z_2=0.95\,\text{kpc}$, respectively. By accounting for age-dependent and $z$-dependent selection effects in APOGEE, we infer the [$α$/Fe] distributions that would be found for a fair sample of long-lived stars covering all $z$. Near the Solar circle, this distribution is bimodal at sub-solar [Fe/H], with the low-$α$ and high-$α$ peaks clearly separated by a minimum at intermediate [$α$/Fe]. In agreement with previous results, we find that the high-$α$ population is more prominent at smaller $R$, lower [Fe/H], and larger $|z|$, and that the sequence separation is smaller for Si and Ca than for Mg, O, and S. We find significant intrinsic scatter in [$α$/Fe] at fixed [Fe/H] for both the low-$α$ and high-$α$ populations, typically $\sim 0.04$-dex. The means, dispersions, and relative amplitudes of this two-Gaussian description, and the dependence of these parameters on $R$, [Fe/H], and $α$-element, provide a quantitative target for chemical evolution models and a test for hydrodynamic simulations of disk galaxy formation. We argue that explaining the observed bimodality will probably require one or more sharp transitions in the disk's gas accretion, star formation, or outflow history in addition to radial mixing of stellar populations.

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