The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 41 Issue 1
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- Pages.66.4-67
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- 2016
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
On the origin of super-Helium-rich population in the Milky Way bulge
- Kim, Jaeyeon (Center for Galaxy Evolution Research & Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University) ;
- Han, Daniel (Center for Galaxy Evolution Research & Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University) ;
- Lee, Young-Wook (Center for Galaxy Evolution Research & Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University)
- Published : 2016.04.12
Abstract
Our recent investigation (Lee et al. 2015) suggests that the presence of double red clump in the Milky Way bulge is another manifestation of multiple populations observed in halo globular clusters. The origin of Helium enhancement in the 2nd generation population (G2), however, is not yet fully understood. Here we investigate the origin of this super-Helium-rich population in the framework of self-enrichment scenario. We find that chemical enrichments and pollutions by asymptotic giant branch stars and winds of massive rotating stars can naturally reproduce the observed Helium enhancement. The Helium to metal enrichment ratio appears to be
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