The Chemical Evolution of Iron-Peak Elements with Hypernovae

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: The Chemical Evolution of Iron-Peak Elements with Hypernovae
المؤلفون: Grimmett, J. J., Karakas, Amanda I., Heger, Alexander, Müller, Bernhard, West, Christopher
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
الوصف: We calculate the mean evolution of the iron-peak abundance ratios [(Cr,Mn,Co,Zn)/Fe] in the Galaxy, using modern supernova and hypernova chemical yields and a Galactic Chemical Evolution code that assumes homogeneous chemical evolution. We investigate a range of hypernova occurrence rates and are able to produce a chemical composition that is a reasonable fit to the observed values in metal-poor stars. This requires a hypernova occurence rate that is large (50%) in the early Universe, decreasing throughout evolution to a value that is within present day observational constraints (>~ 1%). A large hypernova occurence rate is beneficial to matching the high [Zn/Fe] observed in the most metal-poor stars, although including hypernovae with progenitor mass >= 60 solar masses is detrimental to matching the observed [(Mn,Co)/Fe] evolution at low [Fe/H]. A significant contribution from HNe seems to be critical for producing supersolar [(Co,Zn)/Fe] at low metallicity, though more work will need to be done in order to match the most extreme values. We also emphasise the need to update models for the enrichment sources at higher metallicity, as the satisfactory recovery of the solar values of [(Cr,Mn,Co,Zn)/Fe] still presents a challenge.
Comment: 17 pages, 14 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1794
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1911.05901
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1911.05901
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv