The r-process Alliance; abundances in 519 stars Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Gudin D.
  2. Shank D.
  3. Beers T.C.
  4. Yuan Z.
  5. Limberg G.
  6. Roederer I.U.,Placco V.
  7. Holmbeck E.M.
  8. Dietz S.
  9. Rasmussen K.C.
  10. Hansen T.T.,Sakari C.M.
  11. Ezzeddine R.
  12. Frebel A.
  13. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We derive dynamical parameters for a large sample of 446 r-process-enhanced (RPE) metal-poor stars in the halo and disk systems of the Milky Way, based on data releases from the R-Process Alliance, supplemented by additional literature samples. This sample represents more than a 10-fold increase in size relative to that previously considered by Roederer et al. and, by design, covers a larger range of r-process-element enrichment levels. We test a number of clustering analysis methods on the derived orbital energies and other dynamical parameters for this sample, ultimately deciding on application of the HDBSCAN algorithm, which obtains 30 individual chemodynamically tagged groups (CDTGs); 21 contain between 3 and 5 stars, and 9 contain between 6 and 12 stars. Even though the clustering was performed solely on the basis of their dynamical properties, the stars in these CDTGs exhibit statistically significant similarities in their metallicity ([Fe/H]), carbonicity ([C/Fe]), and neutron-capture element ratios ([Sr/Fe], [Ba/Fe], and [Eu/Fe]). These results demonstrate that the RPE stars in these CDTGs have likely experienced common chemical-evolution histories, presumably in their parent satellite galaxies or globular clusters, prior to being disrupted into the Milky Way's halo. We also confirm the previous claim that the orbits of the RPE stars preferentially exhibit pericentric distances that are substantially lower than the present distances of surviving ultrafaint dwarf and canonical dwarf spheroidal galaxies, consistent with the disruption hypothesis. The derived dynamical parameters for several of our CDTGs indicate their association with previously known substructures, dynamically tagged groups, and RPE groups.

Keywords
  1. milky-way-galaxy
  2. chemically-peculiar-stars
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. metallicity
  5. proper-motions
  6. radial-velocity
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2021ApJ...908...79G
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2022-07-28T12:20:49Z
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