期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 711, 期 1, 页码 L48-L52出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/711/1/L48
关键词
Galaxy: bulge; gravitational lensing: micro; stars: abundances
资金
- NSF [AST-0507219, AST-0908139, AST-0757888, AST-0507325]
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0908139, 0757888] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
We study a sample of 16 microlensed Galactic bulge main-sequence turnoff region stars for which high-dispersion spectra have been obtained with detailed abundance analyses. We demonstrate that there is a very strong and highly statistically significant correlation between the maximum magnification of the microlensed bulge star and the value of the [Fe/H] deduced from the high resolution spectrum of each object. Physics demands that this correlation, assuming it to be real, be the result of some sample bias. We suggest several possible explanations, but are forced to reject them all, and are left puzzled. To obtain a reliable metallicity distribution in the Galactic bulge based on microlensed dwarf stars, it will be necessary to resolve this issue through the course of additional observations.
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