Investigation of heating and accretion event of Milky Way disk

  • Lee, Ayeon (Department of Astronomy, Space Science, and Geology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Young Sun (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Young Kwang (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Chungnam National University)
  • Published : 2021.10.13

Abstract

We present preliminary results on the chemical and kinematic analysis of accreted and heated metal-rich (-1.0 < [Fe/H] < -0.3) stars in the Galactic disk. These stars are in the ranges of e > 0.7, -100 < V𝜙 < 100 km/s, and |Z| < 3 kpc, and are presumably heated (accreted) by (from) past merger events such as Gaia Enceladus and Sausage (GSE). These stars are largely separated into two groups based on the level of [α/Fe] and radial velocity dispersion. The first group has low [α/Fe] and high radial velocity dispersion, and the second group shows high [α/Fe] and low radial velocity dispersion. We propose that the first group of stars are accreted from the GSE galaxy, whereas the second group of stars are dynamically heated by the GSE merger event.

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