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Chemical evolution of the Galaxy disk in connection with large-scale winds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Takuji Tsujimoto ,
Joss Bland-Hawthorn  and
Kenneth C. Freeman
Takuji Tsujimoto
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan email: [email protected]
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Kenneth C. Freeman
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA), Australian National University, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia
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Comparison of elemental abundance features between old and young thin disk stars may reveal the action of ravaging winds from the Galactic bulge, which once enriched the whole disk, and set up the steep abundance gradient in the inner disk (RGC ≲ 10–;12 kpc) and simultaneously the metallicity floor ([Fe/H]~ −0.5) in the outer disk. After the end of a crucial influence by winds, chemical enrichment through accretion of a metal-poor material from the halo onto the disk gradually reduced the metallicity of the inner region, whereas an increase in the metallicity proceeded beyond a solar circle. This results in a flattening of abundance gradient in the inner disk, and our chemical evolution models confirm this mechanism for a flattening, which is in good agreement with the observations. Our scenario also naturally explains an observed break in the metallicity floor of the outer disk by young stars since the limit of self-enrichment in the outer disk is supposed to be [Fe/H]≲ −1 and inevitably incurs a direct influence of the dilution by a low-metal infall whose metallicity is [Fe/H]~ −1. Accordingly, we propose that the enrichment by large-scale winds is a crucial factor for chemical evolution of the disk, and claim to reconsider the models thus far for the disk including the solar neighborhood, in which the metallicity is predicted to monotonously increase with time. Furthermore, we anticipate that a flattening of abundance gradient together with a metal-rich floor in the outer disk are the hallmark of disk galaxies with significant central bulges.

Keywords

Galaxy: bulge – Galaxy: disk – Galaxy: evolution – ISM: jets and outflows
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Issue S254: The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context , June 2008 , pp. 393 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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