Inhomogeneous chemical evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies |
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Authors: | Takuji Tsujimoto Toshikazu Shigeyama |
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Institution: | (1) National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, Japan;(2) Research Center for the Early Universe, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Stellar abundance pattern of n-capture elements such as barium is used as a powerful tool to infer how the star formation proceeded in dwarf spheroidal
(dSph) galaxies. It is found that the abundance correlation of barium with iron in stars belonging to dSph galaxies orbiting
the Milky Way, i.e., Draco, Sextans, and Ursa Minor have a feature similar to that in Galactic metal-poor stars. The common
feature of these two correlations can be realized by our in homogeneous chemical evolution model based on the supernova-driven
star formation scenario if dSph stars formed from gas with a velocity dispersion of ∼ 26 km s-1. This velocity dispersion together with the stellar luminosities strongly suggest 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. As a result, the total mass of each dSph galaxy is found to have been originally
∼ 25 times larger than at present. In this model, supernovae immediately after the end of the star formation can expel the
remaining gas over the gravitational potential of the dSph galaxy.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | galaxies: evolution stars: abundances galaxies:individual (Draco Sextans Ursa Minor) supernovae: general supernova remnants |
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