The [α/Fe]-[Fe/H] relation in the E-MOSAICS simulations: its connection to the birth place of globular clusters and the fraction of globular cluster field stars in the bulge
The α-element abundances of the globular cluster (GC) and field star populations of galaxies encode information about the formation of each of these components. We use the E-MOSAICS cosmological simulations of ∼L* galaxies and their GCs to investigate the [α/Fe]–[Fe/H] distribution of field stars an...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2020
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Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2019, Jahrgang: 491, Heft: 3, Pages: 4012-4022 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stz3341 |
| Online-Zugang: | Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3341 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/491/3/4012/5647359 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Meghan E. Hughes, Joel L. Pfeffer, Marie Martig, Marta Reina-Campos, Nate Bastian, Robert A. Crain and J.M. Diederik Kruijssen |
| Zusammenfassung: | The α-element abundances of the globular cluster (GC) and field star populations of galaxies encode information about the formation of each of these components. We use the E-MOSAICS cosmological simulations of ∼L* galaxies and their GCs to investigate the [α/Fe]–[Fe/H] distribution of field stars and GCs in 25 Milky Way–mass galaxies. The [α/Fe]–[Fe/H] distribution of GCs largely follows that of the field stars and can also therefore be used as tracers of the [α/Fe]–[Fe/H] evolution of the galaxy. |
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| Beschreibung: | Advance access publication 2019 November 29 Gesehen am 08.04.2020 |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stz3341 |