Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004iaus..217..384t&link_type=abstract
International Astronomical Union Symposium no. 217, held 14-17 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia. Edited by P.-A. Duc, J. Braine
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The stellar abundance pattern of neutron-capture elements such as Ba is used as a powerful tool to infer how star formation proceeded in dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies. It is found that the abundance correlation of Ba with Fe in stars belonging to dSph galaxies have a feature similar to the Ba-Fe correlation in Galactic metal-poor stars. The common feature of these two correlations implies that dSph stars formed from gas with a velocity dispersion of ˜26 km s-1. This velocity dispersion together with the stellar luminosities strongly suggests that dark matter dominated dSph galaxies. The tidal force of the Milky Way links this velocity dispersion with the currently observed value ≤ 10 km s-1 by stripping the dark matter in dSph galaxies. We also investigate the ram pressure exerted on the gas in ω Cen. It is found that the ram pressure is not strong enough to strip the gas but is expected to induce a bulk motion of the gas during the star formation epoch which is compatible with the recent observed finding and then the remaining gas after the star formation is likely to be stripped due to the gradual increase in the gas density in the forming Galactic disk.
Shigeyama Toshikazu
Tsujimoto Takuji
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