论文标题

年轻的120兆格附近的双鱼座 - 厄立达斯恒星流的化学性质,流过银河系

The Chemical Nature of the Young 120-Myr-old Nearby Pisces-Eridanus Stellar Stream Flowing through the Galactic Disk

论文作者

Hawkins, Keith, Lucey, Madeline, Curtis, Jason

论文摘要

最近,使用Gaia Mission启用的运动学数据,发现了一个新的圆柱形恒星恒星恒星藏在银河系磁盘中。最初认为这片被称为Pisces-Eridanus(PSC-ERI)的恒星流被认为与1 Gyr一样古老,但其恒星共享了与120myrs的种群一致的旋转时期分布。在这里,我们探讨了该恒星流的详细化学性质。我们使用麦当劳天文台对42颗PSC-ERI恒星进行了高分辨率光谱随访,并将这些数据与与低分辨率Lamost光谱调查一起观察到的40个成员的信息结合在一起。这些数据共同使我们能够测量光/奇数(li,na,al,sc,v),$α$(mg,si,ca,ti),fe-peak(CR,MN,MN,FE,CO,NI,ZN)和Neutron Capture(SR,Y,Y,Y,Y,BA,BA,la,nd,nd,eu)Elements沿Pssc-pssc-serie elemenie。我们发现,[Fe/H] = -0.03〜DEX和(2)在太阳金属度附近的流为(1),金属度扩展为0.07〜DEX(或排除异常值时0.04 DEX)。我们还发现(3)Li的丰度表明PSC-ERI为$ \ sim $ 120 Myr Old,符合其陀螺仪年龄。此外,PSC-ERI具有(4)[x/fe]丰度扩展,大多数元素中的不确定性大于典型的不确定性,(5)它是一个类似圆柱形的系统,其外边缘在中心周围旋转,并且(6)沿其主要轴的显着丰度梯度无明显的丰度梯度,除了[si/fe]的潜在弱梯度。这些结果表明,PSC-ERI是一个独特,年轻,化学有趣的实验室,用于测试我们对恒星和行星形成的理解。

Recently, a new cylindrical-shaped stream of stars up to 700 pc long was discovered hiding in the Galactic disk using kinematic data enabled by the Gaia mission. This stream of stars, dubbed Pisces-Eridanus (Psc-Eri), was initially thought to be as old as 1 Gyr, yet its stars shared a rotation period distribution consistent with a population that was 120-Myr-old. Here, we explore the detailed chemical nature of this stellar stream. We carried out high-resolution spectroscopic follow-up of 42 Psc-Eri stars using McDonald Observatory, and combined these data with information for 40 members observed with the low-resolution LAMOST spectroscopic survey. Together, these data enabled us to measure the abundance distribution of light/odd-Z (Li, Na, Al, Sc, V), $α$ (Mg, Si, Ca, Ti), Fe-peak (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn), and neutron capture (Sr, Y, Zr, Ba, La, Nd, Eu) elements along the Psc-Eri stream. We find that the stream is (1) near solar metallicity with [Fe/H] = -0.03~dex and (2) has a metallicity spread of 0.07~dex (or 0.04 dex when outliers are excluded). We also find that (3) the abundance of Li indicates that Psc-Eri is $\sim$120 Myr old, consistent with its gyrochronology age. Additionally, Psc-Eri has (4) [X/Fe] abundance spreads which are just larger than the typical uncertainty in most elements, (5) it is a cylindrical-like system whose outer edges rotate about the center and, (6) no significant abundance gradients along its major axis except a potentially weak gradient in [Si/Fe]. These results show that Psc-Eri is a uniquely close, young, chemically interesting laboratory for testing our understanding of star and planet formation.

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