2023AJ....166..127R -
Astron. J., 166, 127 (2023/September-0)
The Dependence of Iron-rich Metal-poor Star Occurrence on Galactic Environment Supports an Origin in Thermonuclear Supernova Nucleosynthesis.
REEVES Z., SCHLAUFMAN K.C. and REGGIANI H.
Abstract (from CDS):
It has been suggested that a class of chemically peculiar metal-poor stars called iron-rich metal-poor (IRMP) stars formed from molecular cores with metal contents dominated by thermonuclear supernova nucleosynthesis. If this interpretation is accurate, then IRMP stars should be more common in environments where thermonuclear supernovae were important contributors to chemical evolution. Conversely, IRMP stars should be less common in environments where thermonuclear supernovae were not important contributors to chemical evolution. At constant [Fe/H] ≲ -1, the Milky Way's satellite classical dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies and the Magellanic Clouds have lower [α/Fe] than the Milky Way field and globular cluster populations. This difference is thought to demonstrate the importance of thermonuclear supernova nucleosynthesis for the chemical evolution of the Milky Way's satellite classical dSph galaxies and the Magellanic Clouds. We use data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment and Gaia to infer the occurrence of IRMP stars in the Milky Way's satellite classical dSph galaxies ηdSph and the Magellanic Clouds ηMag, as well as in the Milky Way field ηMWF and globular cluster populations ηMWGC. In order of decreasing occurrence, we find ${\eta }_{\mathrm{dSph}}={0.07}_{-0.02}^{+0.02}$, ${\eta }_{\mathrm{Mag}}={0.037}_{-0.006}^{+0.007}$, ${\eta }_{\mathrm{MWF}}={0.0013}_{-0.0005}^{+0.0006}$, and a 1σ upper limit ηMWGC < 0.00057. These occurrences support the inference that IRMP stars formed in environments dominated by thermonuclear supernova nucleosynthesis and that the time lag between the formation of the first and second stellar generations in globular clusters was longer than the thermonuclear supernova delay time.
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© 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Chemical enrichment - Chemically peculiar stars - Dwarf spheroidal galaxies - Galactic archaeology - Globular star clusters - Large Magellanic Cloud - Magellanic Clouds - Milky Way Galaxy - Population II stars - Small Magellanic Cloud - Stellar abundances - Type Ia supernovae
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