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CHEMOUT:外星系III恒星形成区的化学复杂性。银河系外的氮同位素比值

CHEMOUT: CHEMical complexity in star-forming regions of the OUTer Galaxy III. Nitrogen isotopic ratios in the outer Galaxy

L. Colzi, D. Romano, F. Fontani, V. M. Rivilla, L. Bizzocchi, M. T. Beltrán, P. Caselli, D. Elia, L. Magrini

摘要:

氮同位素比率是追踪银河系恒星核合成的关键工具。我们提出的第一个研究的$^{14}$ N/ $^{15}$ N丰度比在银河系的外部区域(即,对于银河系中心的距离,$R_{\rm GC}$,从12千秒差距到19千秒差距),目的是研究恒星核合成的影响,在全球银河系的趋势。我们分析了IRAM 30米观测到的样本的35个来源的背景下,在恒星形成区域的外部星系(CHEMOUT)项目的化学复杂性。我们利用HN $^{13}$ C、H $^{15}$ NC、H $^{13}$ CN和HC $^{15}$ N的$J$ = 1-0转动跃迁,分别从HCN和HNC中导出了14个和3个源的$^{14}$ N/ $^{15}$ N比值。在外星系中发现的结果与以前在内星系中获得的测量结果相结合。我们发现随着$R_{\rm GC}$的增加,H $^{13}$ CN/HC $^{15}$ N比率总体上呈线性降低。这转化为抛物线$^{14}$ N/ $^{15}$ N比,峰值在11 kpc。更新的银河系化学演化模型已被考虑在内,并与观测结果进行了比较。$^{14}$ N/ $^{15}$ N比值随$R_{\rm GC}$变化的抛物线趋势可以自然地解释为:(1)假设新星是长时间尺度($\ge$ 1 Gyr)上主要的$^{15}$ N生产者的模型;(2)更新低质量和中等质量恒星的恒星产额。

英文摘要:

Nitrogen isotopic ratios are a key tool for tracing Galactic stellar nucleosynthesis. We present the first study of the $^{14}$N/$^{15}$N abundance ratio in the outer regions of the Milky Way (namely, for galactocentric distances, $R_{\rm GC}$, from 12 kpc up to 19 kpc), with the aim to study the stellar nucleosynthesis effects in the global Galactic trend. We analysed IRAM 30m observations towards a sample of 35 sources in the context of the CHEMical complexity in star-forming regions of the OUTer Galaxy (CHEMOUT) project. We derived the $^{14}$N/$^{15}$N ratios from HCN and HNC for 14 and 3 sources, respectively, using the $J$ = 1-0 rotational transition of HN$^{13}$C, H$^{15}$NC, H$^{13}$CN, and HC$^{15}$N. The results found in the outer Galaxy have been combined with previous measurements obtained in the inner Galaxy. We find an overall linear decreasing H$^{13}$CN/HC$^{15}$N ratio with increasing $R_{\rm GC}$. This translates to a parabolic $^{14}$N/$^{15}$N ratio with a peak at 11 kpc. Updated Galactic chemical evolution models have been taken into account and compared with the observations. The parabolic trend of the $^{14}$N/$^{15}$N ratio with $R_{\rm GC}$ can be naturally explained (i) by a model that assumes novae as the main $^{15}$N producers on long timescales ($\ge$1 Gyr) and (ii) by updated stellar yields for low- and intermediate-mass stars.

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