Abundance trend with condensation temperature for stars with different Galactic birth places
Abstract
Context. During the past decade, several studies reported a correlation between chemical abundances of stars and condensation temperature (also known as Tc trend). However, the real astrophysical nature of this correlation is still debated.
Aims: The main goal of this work is to explore the possible dependence of the Tc trend on stellar Galactocentric distances, Rmean.
Methods: We used high-quality spectra of about 40 stars observed with the HARPS and UVES spectrographs to derive precise stellar parameters, chemical abundances, and stellar ages. A differential line-by-line analysis was applied to achieve the highest possible precision in the chemical abundances.
Results: We confirm previous results that [X/Fe] abundance ratios depend on stellar age and that for a given age, some elements also show a dependence on Rmean. When using the whole sample of stars, we observe a weak hint that the Tc trend depends on Rmean. The observed dependence is very complex and disappears when only stars with similar ages are considered.
Conclusions: To conclude on the possible dependence of the Tc trend on the formation place of stars, a larger sample of stars with very similar atmospheric parameters and stellar ages observed at different Galactocentric distances is needed.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- August 2016
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1606.04714
- Bibcode:
- 2016A&A...592A..87A
- Keywords:
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- techniques: spectroscopic;
- stars: abundances;
- stars: atmospheres;
- Galaxy: disk;
- Galaxy: evolution;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted by A&