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Exploring the orbits of the star via chemical tagging techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2015

B. Anguiano
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
G. De Silva
Affiliation:
Australian Astronomical Observatory, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
D. Zucker
Affiliation:
Australian Astronomical Observatory, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
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Abstract

Using the chemical groups identified by Mitschang et al. (2014) on a local sample of around 700 stars by Bensby et al. (2014) and the new derived ages, I report some properties on the orbital parameters (Rmin, Rmax, e, Zmax, angular momentum) and their temporal evolution. We find that the < Rmax > is nearly independent of age with values from 9 to 11 kpc, while < Rmin > shows a clear trend with age. The < e > and < Zmax > for the chemical groups clearly increase with age.

These preliminary results show a significant variety of orbits for the members inside a chemical group, that may support the idea of the identification of co-eval groups (born same time, not necessarily same place) rather than co-natal (Anguiano et al. in prep.)

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Research Article
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2015

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References

Bensby, T., Feltzing, S., & Oey, M.S., 2014, A&A, 562, AA71
Mitschang, A.W., De Silva, G., Zucker, D.B., et al., 2014, MNRAS, 438, 2753CrossRef