Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-07-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 2 figures, Poster contribution to appear in "Planets To Cosmology: Essential Science In Hubble's Final Years", procee
Scientific paper
Recent studies of elemental abundances in the Galactic halo and in the Galactic disk have underscored the possibility to kinematically separate different Galactic subcomponents. Correlations between the galactocentric rotation velocity and various element ratios were found, providing an important means to link different tracers of star formation and metal enrichment to the Galactic components of different origin (collapse vs. accretion). In the present work we determine stellar kinematics for a sample of 124 disk stars, which we derive from their orbits based on radial velocities and proper motions from the the literature. Our stars form a subsample of the Edvardsson et al. (1993) sample and we concentrate on three main tracers: (i) Europium as an r-process element is predominantly produced in Supernovae of type II. (ii) Likewise, alpha-elements, such as Ca, Si, Mg, are synthesised in SNe II, contrary to iron, which is being produced preferentially in SNe Ia. (iii) The s-process element Barium is a measure of the relative contribution of AGB stars to the Galaxy's enrichment history and has been shown to be an indicator for distinguishing between thin and thick disk stars. All such studies reveal, basically, that stars with low galactocentric rotational velocity tend to have high abundances of alpha-elements and Eu, but lower abundances of, e.g., Ba.
Grebel Eva Katharina
Koch Andreas
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