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Abundance distribution functions for nearby late-type dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2010

Gustavo A. Bragança
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Observatório do Valongo, Lad. do Pedro Antônio 43, 20080-090 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil Observatório Nacional/MCT, Rua Gal. José Cristino 77, 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
Helio J. Rocha-Pinto
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Observatório do Valongo, Lad. do Pedro Antônio 43, 20080-090 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
Gustavo F. Porto de Mello
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Observatório do Valongo, Lad. do Pedro Antônio 43, 20080-090 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
Rafael H. O. Rangel
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Observatório do Valongo, Lad. do Pedro Antônio 43, 20080-090 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
Walter J. Maciel
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, R. do Matão 1226, 05508-900 São Paulo SP, Brazil
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Abstract

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A major role to the understanding of the chemical evolution of the Galaxy is played by studies of stellar chemical abundance distribution. In the last years, there has been an increase in the number of spectroscopic surveys of late-type stars. Classical problems on the chemical evolution of the Galaxy, such as the G dwarf problem and the age-metallicity relation, can be reinvestigated with better accuracy. We present a chemical abundance survey of 325 solar neighborhood G dwarfs stars situated within 25 pc from the Sun. We reinvestigate classical observational constraints, namely the metallicity distribution, using a number of chemical elements (Na, Si, Ca, Ni, Fe and Ba) as metallicity indicators. The abundance probability density function for each of the surveyed element was derived using a Gaussian kernel estimator. We have found mean values of −0.11, −0.14, −0.07, −0.05, −0.16 and −0.12 dex for the [Fe/H], [Na/H], [Si/H], [Ca/H], [Ni/H] and [Ba/H] pdfs, respectively. We also show that abundance distributions having higher mean values have smaller dispersion, in contradiction to the predictions of the Simple Model with Delayed Production. We discuss this result in the context and present an alternate explanation for this pattern.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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