The MAGIC project - III. Radial and azimuthal Galactic abundance gradients using classical Cepheids

• Verfasst von: Kovtyukh, Valery [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Lemasle, Bertrand [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Bono, G [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Usenko, I A [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: da Silva, R [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kniazev, A [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Grebel, Eva K. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Andronov, I L [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Shakun, L [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Chinarova, L [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The MAGIC project - III. Radial and azimuthal Galactic abundance gradients using classical Cepheids
• Verf.angabe: V. Kovtyukh, B. Lemasle, G. Bono, I.A. Usenko, R. da Silva, A. Kniazev, E.K. Grebel, I.L. Andronov, L. Shakun and L. Chinarova
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Fussnoten: Advance Access publication 2021 December 4 ; Gesehen am 11.03.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Royal Astronomical SocietyMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Ort Quelle: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1827
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 510(2022), 2, Seite 1894-1901
• ISSN Quelle: 1365-2966
• DOI: doi:10.1093/mnras/stab3530
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1795346191

Abstract

Radial abundance gradients provide sound constraints for chemo-dynamical models of galaxies. Azimuthal variations of abundance ratios are solid diagnostics to understand their chemical enrichment. In this paper, we investigate azimuthal variations of abundances in the Milky Way using Cepheids. We provide the detailed chemical composition (25 elements) of 105 Classical Cepheids from high-resolution SALT spectra observed by the MAGIC project. Negative abundance gradients, with abundances decreasing from the inner to the outer disc, have been reported both in the Milky Way and in external galaxies, and our results are in full agreement with literature results. We find azimuthal variations of the oxygen abundance [O/H]. While a large number of external spirals show negligible azimuthal variations, the Milky Way seems to be one of the few galaxies with noticeable [O/H] azimuthal asymmetries. They reach ≈0.2 dex in the inner Galaxy and in the outer disc, where they are the largest, thus supporting similar findings for nearby spiral galaxies, as well as recent 2D chemo-dynamical models.