期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 875, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab10db
关键词
Galaxy: abundances; stars: abundances; nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; binaries: close
资金
- ERC [724560, 677912]
- National Science Foundation (USA) [PHY-1430152]
- COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) [CA16117]
- BMBF [05P15RDFN1]
- Swiss National Foundation [P2BSP2_172068]
- NSF-CAREER [AST-1255160]
- NSF [1716251]
- STFC through the University of Hull [ST/R000840/1]
- Polish National Science Center (NCN) [Sonata Bis 2 DEC-2012/07/E/ST9/01360]
- Trieste University
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1716251] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [P2BSP2_172068] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- European Research Council (ERC) [724560, 677912] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
Probing the origin of r-process elements in the universe represents a multidisciplinary challenge. We review the observational evidence that probes the properties of r-process sites, and address them using galactic chemical evolution simulations, binary population synthesis models, and nucleosynthesis calculations. Our motivation is to define which astrophysical sites have significantly contributed to the total mass of r-process elements present in our Galaxy. We found discrepancies with the neutron star (NS-NS) merger scenario. When we assume that they are the only site, the decreasing trend of [Eu/Fe] at [Fe/H] > -1 in the disk of the Milky Way cannot be reproduced while accounting for the delay-time distribution (DTD) of coalescence times (proportional to t(-1)) derived from short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and population synthesis models. Steeper DTD functions (proportional to t(-1.5)) or power laws combined with a strong burst of mergers before the onset of supernovae (SNe) Ia can reproduce the [Eu/Fe] trend, but this scenario is inconsistent with the similar fraction of short GRBs and SNe Ia occurring in early-type galaxies, and it reduces the probability of detecting GW170817 in an early-type galaxy. One solution is to assume an additional production site of Eu that would be active in the early universe, but would fade away with increasing metallicity. If this is correct, this additional site could be responsible for roughly 50% of the Eu production in the early universe before the onset of SNe Ia. Rare classes of supernovae could be this additional r-process source, but hydrodynamic simulations still need to ensure the conditions for a robust r-process pattern.
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