Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-05-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
23 pages, 18 EPS figures, 2 external tables, uses AASTeX style files, Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/177906
The recent {\em ASCA} results show that the iron abundance of the X-ray gas of elliptical galaxies is less than the solar abundance ($Z_{\sun}$). The observed low iron abundance is inconsistent with the predictions of the previous chemical evolution models. In order to solve this problem, we present a simple model of chemical evolution for elliptical galaxies after the galactic wind period under the assumption that the gases ejected from stars do not mix with the circumferential gas. The ejected gas components evolve separately according to their birth time and origin. We have investigated their evolution qualitatively. The gas components originated from supernova remnant shells cool and drop out of the hot gas faster than the other components because of their high density and metal abundance. As a result, supernovae cannot heat the whole gas of the elliptical galaxies effectively, in contrary to the previous results. If the metal abundance of mass-loss gas is not uniform, the mass-loss gas with higher abundance also easily drops out and the average abundance can decrease. We believe that this is a hint of solving the low abundance problem.
Fujita Yutaka
Fukumoto Junji
Okoshi Katsuya
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