Chemical abundances of hydrostatic and explosive alpha-elements in Sagittarius stream stars

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العنوان: Chemical abundances of hydrostatic and explosive alpha-elements in Sagittarius stream stars
المؤلفون: Allyson A. Sheffield, Katia Cunha, Verne V. Smith, Jeffrey L. Carlin
بيانات النشر: arXiv, 2018.
سنة النشر: 2018
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Milky Way, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sagittarius Stream, Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Luminosity, law.invention, Galactic halo, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, law, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Surface brightness, Hydrostatic equilibrium, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
الوصف: We analyze chemical abundances of stars in the Sagittarius (Sgr) tidal stream using high-resolution Gemini+GRACES spectra of 42 members of the highest surface brightness portions of both the trailing and leading arms. Targets were chosen using a 2MASS+WISE color-color selection, combined with LAMOST radial velocities. In this study, we analyze [Fe/H] and alpha-elements produced by both hydrostatic (O, Mg) and explosive (Si, Ca, Ti) nucleosynthetic processes. The average [Fe/H] for our Sgr stream stars is lower than that for stars in the Sgr core, and stars in the trailing and leading arms show systematic differences in [Fe/H]. Both hydrostatic and explosive elements are depleted relative to Milky Way (MW) disk and halo stars, with a larger gap between the MW trend and Sgr stars for the hydrostatic elements. Chemical abundances of Sgr stream stars show similar patterns to those measured in the core of the Sgr dSph. We explore the ratio of hydrostatic to explosive alpha-elements [$\alpha_{\rm h/ex}$] (which we refer to as the "HEx ratio"). Our observed HEx ratio trends for Sgr debris are deficient relative to MW stars. Via simple chemical evolution modeling, we show that these HEx ratio patterns are consistent with a Sgr IMF that lacks the most massive stars. This study provides a link between the chemical properties in the intact Sgr core and the significant portion of the Sgr system's luminosity that is estimated to currently reside in the streams.
Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures; minor edits to match version published in Astrophysical Journal Letters
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1805.04120
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::cf95e002f9dafd6a0c65e9b0140e5aae
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....cf95e002f9dafd6a0c65e9b0140e5aae
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
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DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1805.04120