Elemental Abundances in 10 Dwarfs of the Galactic Thick Disk

2006 ◽  
pp. 82-83
Author(s):  
G. Tautvaišienė ◽  
A. Ivanauskas ◽  
M. Grenon ◽  
I. Ilyin
Keyword(s):  
Thick Disk ◽  
Elemental Abundances

scholarly journals The Galactic Disk-Halo Transition – Evidence from Stellar Abundances

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S254) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poul Erik Nissen ◽  
William J. Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Milky Way ◽  
Galactic Disk ◽  
Thin Disk ◽  
Thick Disk ◽  
Chemical Abundance ◽  
Elemental Abundances ◽  
Halo Stars ◽  
New Information ◽  
First Results ◽  
Satellite Galaxies

AbstractNew information on the relations between the Galactic disks, the halo, and satellite galaxies is being obtained from elemental abundances of stars having metallicities in the range −1.5 < [Fe/H] < −0.5. The first results for a sample of 26 halo stars and 13 thick-disk stars observed with the ESO VLT/UVES spectrograph are presented. The halo stars fall in two distinct groups: one group (9 stars) has [α/Fe] = 0.30 ± 0.03 like the thick-disk stars. The other group (17 stars) shows a clearly deviating trend ranging from [α/Fe] = 0.20 at [Fe/H] = −1.3 to [α/Fe] = 0.08 at [Fe/H] = −0.8. The kinematics of the stars are discussed and the abundance ratios Na/Fe, Ni/Fe, Cu/Fe and Ba/Y are applied to see if the “low-alpha” stars are connected to the thin disk or to Milky Way satellite galaxies. Furthermore, we compare our data with simulations of chemical abundance distributions in hierarchically formed stellar halos in a ΛCDM Universe.

scholarly journals The age of the Galaxy's thick disk

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S258) ◽  
pp. 23-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Feltzing ◽  
Thomas Bensby
Keyword(s):  
Age Distribution ◽  
Thin Disk ◽  
Thick Disk ◽  
Solar Neighborhood ◽  
Age Dating ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Giant Stars ◽  
Elemental Abundances ◽  
Thick Disks ◽  
Effective Temperatures

AbstractWe discuss the age of the stellar disks in the solar neighborhood. After reviewing the various methods for age dating, we discuss current estimates of the ages of both the thin- and the thick disks. We present preliminary results for kinematically-selected stars that belong to the thin- as well as the thick disk. All of these dwarf and sub-giant stars have been studied spectroscopically and we have derived both elemental abundances as well as ages for them. A general conclusion is that in the solar neighborhood, on average, the thick disk is older than the thin disk. However, we caution that the exclusion of stars with effective temperatures around 6500 K might result in a biased view of the full age distribution for the stars in the thick disk.

scholarly journals A systematic study of NLTE abundances of nearby stars

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S298) ◽  
pp. 400-400
Author(s):  
Y. Q. Chen ◽  
G. Zhao ◽  
L. Mashonkina ◽  
J. R. Shi ◽  
H. W. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Evolution ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Stellar Populations ◽  
Thin Disk ◽  
Thick Disk ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Surface Gravity ◽  
Elemental Abundances ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Nearby Stars

AbstractApproximately 80 stars from the thin disk, the thick disk and the halo of the Galaxy, in the range of −3.0 < [Fe/H] < +0.5, surface gravity of 3.0 < logg < 4.7 and temperature of 4500 K < Teff < 6500 K, have been observed with the Shane/Hamilton and CFHT/Espadons spectrographs in order to carry out a systematic NLTE study of nearby stars in a consistent way. We will determine reliably stellar parameters and determine precise elemental abundances via a comprehensive NLTE analysis of the spectral lines of Li, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Mn, Fe, Sr, Zr, Ba, Nd, and Eu elements. Finally, we aim to investigate the chemical evolution of the Galaxy through different stellar populations based on the NLTE abundances for total 15 elements.

scholarly journals Chemical differences and similarities among the kinematically selected thick disk, inner halo and outer halo stars

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S298) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Miho N. Ishigaki ◽  
Wako Aoki ◽  
Masashi Chiba
Keyword(s):  
Thick Disk ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Elemental Abundance ◽  
High Dispersion ◽  
Chemical Abundance ◽  
Chemical Enrichment ◽  
Elemental Abundances ◽  
Halo Stars ◽  
Stellar Halo ◽  
Homogeneous Chemical

AbstractChemical diversity among metal-poor stars in the old stellar components in the Milky Way (MW), namely the thick disk and stellar halo, provides clues to understanding the early chemodynamical evolution of our Galaxy. We present our results on a homogeneous chemical abundance analysis for nearby metal-poor stars likely belonging to the MW thick disk, inner and outer stellar halos. Abundances of alpha, sodium, iron-peak and neutron-capture elements in the sample stars have been estimated using high-resolution (R 50000) spectra obtained with the High Dispersion Spectrograph mounted on the Subaru Telescope. The derived abundances are used to examine differences and similarities in elemental abundance ratios among the kinematically defined thick disk, inner and outer halo subsamples in the metallicity range of −3.3 < [Fe/H] < −0.5. We show that, in the metallicity range of [Fe/H] < −2, the three subsamples are similar in most of the elemental abundances. On the other hand, in the higher metallicities, particularly in [Fe/H] > −1.5, the thick disk and the inner/outer halo subsamples show systematically different abundance ratios for some elements including alpha, sodium, zinc and europium. A modest difference in the sodium and zinc abundances between the inner- and outer halo subsamples is also identified. The observed distinct abundances of some elements among the three subsamples implies that their constituent stars originally formed in progenitor systems that have experienced different star formation and chemical enrichment histories.

On the connection between the thick disk and the galactic bar

2014 ◽  
Vol 67-68 ◽  
pp. 405-405
Author(s):  
A. Spagna ◽  
A. Curir ◽  
R. Drimmel ◽  
M.G. Lattanzi ◽  
P. Re Fiorentin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thick Disk

Elemental Abundances in Five Stars in M54, A Globular Cluster Associated with the Sagittarius Galaxy

1999 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 1245-1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffery A. Brown ◽  
George Wallerstein ◽  
Guillermo Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Elemental Abundances

Elemental Abundances in Evolved Supergiants. II. The Young Clusters [CLC]h[/CLC] and χ Persei

2000 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 1839-1847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Gonzalez ◽  
George Wallerstein
Keyword(s):  
Elemental Abundances ◽  
Young Clusters

scholarly journals The bimodal [Mg/Fe] versus [Fe/H] bulge sequence as revealed by APOGEE DR14

2019 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. A16 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rojas-Arriagada ◽  
M. Zoccali ◽  
M. Schultheis ◽  
A. Recio-Blanco ◽  
G. Zasowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Parameters ◽  
Elemental Abundances ◽  
Data Release ◽  
Bulge Region ◽  
Solar Metallicity ◽  
Inner Region ◽  
Clean Sample ◽  
Metallicity Distribution ◽  
Single Sequence

Context. The Galactic bulge has a bimodal metallicity distribution function: different kinematic, spatial, and, potentially, age distributions characterize the metal-poor and metal-rich components. Despite this observed dichotomy, which argues for different formation channels for those stars, the distribution of bulge stars in the α-abundance versus metallicity plane has been found so far to be a rather smooth single sequence. Aims. We use data from the fourteenth data release of the APOGEE spectroscopic survey (DR14) to investigate the distribution in the Mg abundance (as tracer of the α-elements)-versus-metallicity plane of a sample of stars selected to be in the inner region of the bulge. Methods. A clean sample has been selected from the DR14 using a set of data- and pipeline-flags to ensure the quality of their fundamental parameters and elemental abundances. An additional selection made use of computed spectro-photometric distances to select a sample of likely bulge stars as those with RGC ≤ 3.5 kpc. We adopt magnesium abundance as an α-abundance proxy for our clean sample as it has been proven to be the most accurate α-element as determined by ASPCAP, the pipeline for data products from APOGEE spectra. Results. From the distribution of our bulge sample in the [Mg/Fe]-versus-[Fe/H] plane, we found that the sequence is bimodal. This bimodality is given by the presence of a low-Mg sequence of stars parallel to the main high-Mg sequence over a range of ∼0.5 dex around solar metallicity. The two sequences merge above [Fe/H] ∼ 0.15 dex into a single sequence whose dispersion in [Mg/Fe] is larger than either of the two sequences visible at lower metallicity. This result is confirmed when we consider stars in our sample that are inside the bulge region according to trustworthy Gaia DR2 distances.

scholarly journals The Age of Old Galactic Populations

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 560-561
Author(s):  
M. Grenon
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Radial Velocities ◽  
Thick Disk ◽  
Early Evolution ◽  
Galactic Bulge ◽  
Colour Class ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Nearby Stars

As a preparation to the HIPPARCOS mission, a large observing programme on NLTT stars (propermotion > 0.18 ″/yr) was started in Genevaphotometry. The original programme consists of 10047 stars brighter than mR = 11.5, or mR = 12.5 if of colour class m. Among them, 7813 targets could be included in the HIPPARCOS programme, selected according to their observability and internal priorities in favour of large parallaxe stars (photometric distances < 100 pc) and high-velocity stars. The bulk of new nearby, halo, mild-metal poor and SMR stars in the HIP Catalogue originates from this proposal (N° 139). No less than 208 new nearby stars with π ≥ 40 mas were discovered south of δ +10°, the closest has π(HIP)= 182 mas. Radial velocities were obtained with CORAVEL at OHP and ESO. Most aspects of the early evolution of the Galaxy may be addressed with this sample. Here we discuss, as examples, the ages of the thick disk and of the galactic bulge.

scholarly journals ASCA observations of clusters of galaxies

1996 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 363-366
Author(s):  
Koujun Yamashita
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution Spectroscopy ◽  
Atomic Processes ◽  
Spectral Fitting ◽  
Elemental Abundances ◽  
Hot Plasma ◽  
Emission Models ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
Collisional Ionization ◽  
Intracluster Gas

X-ray emissions from clusters are most likely originated from a thin hot plasma in a collisional ionization equilibrium. The optical depth of continuum component is order of 10–3, whereas that of emission lines is around unity. Present emission models used for spectral fitting can not estimate this effect, so that the determination of elemental abundances seems to include large uncertainty. The high resolution spectroscopy with ASCA gives a clue to investigate the physical state of hot intracluster gas and a impact to reconsider the basic atomic processes. This is important issue to deeply understand the structure, formation and evolution of clusters, and the origin of intracluster gas.

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