dc.contributor.author | Miranda, M. S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pilkington, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Gibson, B.K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brook, C.B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sánchez-Blázquez, Patricia | |
dc.contributor.author | Minchev, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Few, C.G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Domínguez Tenreiro, Rosa María | |
dc.contributor.author | Obreja, Aura Catalina | |
dc.contributor.author | Bailin, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stinson, G.S. | |
dc.contributor.other | UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica | es_ES |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-15T12:58:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-15T12:58:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-12-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Astronomy & Astrophysics 587 (2016): A10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-6361 (print) | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-0746 (online) | es_ES |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/676994 | |
dc.description | Astronomy & Astrophysics 587 (2016): A10 reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Aims. Using a suite of cosmological chemodynamical disc galaxy simulations, we assess how (a) radial metallicity gradients evolve with scaleheight; (b) the vertical metallicity gradients change through the thick disc; and (c) the vertical gradient of the stellar rotation velocity varies through the disc. We compare with the Milky Way to search for analogous trends. Methods. We analyse five simulated spiral galaxies with masses comparable to the Milky Way. The simulations span a range of star formation and energy feedback strengths and prescriptions, particle-and grid-based hydrodynamical implementations, as well as initial conditions/assembly history. Disc stars are identified initially via kinematic decomposition, with a posteriori spatial cuts providing the final sample from which radial and vertical gradients are inferred. Results. Consistently, we find that the steeper, negative, radial metallicity gradients seen in the mid-plane flatten with increasing height away from the plane. In simulations with stronger (and/or more spatially-extended) feedback, the negative radial gradients invert, becoming positive for heights in excess of ∼1 kpc. Such behaviour is consistent with that inferred from recent observations. Our measurements of the vertical metallicity gradients show no clear correlation with galactocentric radius, and are in good agreement with those observed in the Milky Way's thick disc (locally). Each of the simulations presents a decline in rotational velocity with increasing height from the mid-plane, although the majority have shallower kinematic gradients than that of the Milky Way. Conclusions. Simulations employing stronger/more extended feedback prescriptions possess radial and vertical metallicity and kinematic gradients more in line with recent observations. The inverted, positive, radial metallicity gradients seen in the simulated thick stellar discs originate in a population of younger, more metal-rich, stars formed in situ, superimposed upon a background population of older migrators from the inner disc; the contrast provided by the former increases radially, due to the inside-out growth of the disc. A similar behaviour may be responsible for the same flattening as seen in the radial gradients with scaleheight in the Milky Way | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Acknowledges the support of the UK’s Science & Technology Facilities Council (ST/J001341/1). K.P. The generous allocation of resources from STFC’s DiRAC Facility (COSMOS: Galactic Archaeology), the DEISA consortium, co-funded through EU FP6 project RI-031513 and the FP7 project RI-222919 (through the DEISA Extreme Computing Initiative), the PRACE-2IP Project (FP7 RI- 283493), and CINES under the allocation 2010-c2011046642 made by GENCI (Grand Equipment National de Calcul Intensif). R.S. was supported by the Brain Korea 21 Plus Program (21A20131500002) and a Doyak Grant (2014003730). R.S. also acknowledges support from the EC through an ERC grant (StG- 257720) and Fondecyt (3120135). J.B. acknowledges support for program HSTAR-12837 was provided by NASA through a grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555 | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 14 pag. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | EDP Sciences | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Astronomy & Astrophysics | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2016 ESO | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Galaxies:abundances | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Galaxies: evolution | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Galaxies: formation | en-US |
dc.subject.other | Galaxies: disc | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Methods: numerical | en_US |
dc.title | Origin of the metallicity distribution in the thick disc | en_US |
dc.type | article | en |
dc.subject.eciencia | Física | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525789 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1051/0004-6361/201525789 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage | A10 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage | A10 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.publicationvolume | 587 | es_ES |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/257720 | es_ES |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/222919 | es_ES |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/283493 | es_ES |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | en |
dc.authorUAM | Obreja , Aura Catalina (264543) | |
dc.authorUAM | Sánchez Blázquez, Patricia (264444) | |
dc.facultadUAM | Facultad de Ciencias | |