银河系星际介质中的巨大金属度变化
Annalisa De Cia1, Edward B Jenkins2, Andrew J Fox3
1Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, Versoix, Switzerland. annalisa.decia@unige.ch.
Nature
|September 9, 2021
概括
星际介质 (ISM) 显示了显著的金属度变化,尘埃校正的测量显示了比先前假设的更低的丰度. 这表明高速度云中的气体并不能很好地融入银河系盘中.
科学领域:
- 天文学与天体物理学
- 宇宙化学
背景情况:
- 星际介质 (ISM) 由各种气体和尘埃组成.
- 在化学进化模型中,银河系盘中的金属性通常被认为是均的.
- 尘埃消耗使气体金属度的准确测量变得复杂.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定中性ISM的灰尘校正的金属性.
- 调查当地的ISM中的金属度变化的程度.
- 了解增加气体对ISM化学均性的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用紫外线吸收线光谱测量ISM化学丰度.
- 应用粉尘校正技术,以计算固体颗粒中包含的金属.
- 分析了银河系25颗恒星的数据.
主要成果:
- 在中性ISM中报告了显著的金属度变化,占10倍.
- 发现平均金属度为55±7%,标准偏差为0.28dex.
- 观察到金属度低至17%的区域,这表明存在显著的不均性.
结论:
- ISM表现出大量的化学不均性,挑战了混合良好的太阳金属气体盘的假设.
- 通过高速云的原始气体积聚是这些观察到的金属度变化的可能原因.
- 低金属度积聚气体的低效混合可能解释同期恒星的金属度偏差.
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