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Title: Very metal-poor stars in the solar vicinity: kinematics and abundance analysis

Authors: Anastasiia Plotnikova (UniPD), Giovanni Carraro (UniPD), Sandro Villanova (Concepcion), Sergio Ortolani (UniPD)
Abstract: Very metal-poor stars contain crucial information on the Milky Way's infancy. In our previous study \citep{Plotnikova_2022} we derived a mean age of $\sim$ 13.7 Gyr for a sample of these stars in the Sun's vicinity. In this work, we investigate the chemical and kinematics properties of these stars with the goal of obtaining some insights on their origin and their parent population. We did not find any Al-Mg anti-correlation, which lead us to the conclusion that these stars did not form in globular clusters, while the detailed analysis of their orbital parameters reveals that these stars are most probably associated with the pristine Bulge of the Milky Way. We then sketch a scenario for the formation of the Milky Way in which the first structure to form was the Bulge through rapid collapse. The other components have grown later on, with a significant contribution of accreted structures.
Comments: 13 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acc458
Cite as: arXiv:2303.08056 [astro-ph.GA]
  (or arXiv:2303.08056v1 [astro-ph.GA] for this version)

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From: Giovanni Carraro dr [view email]
[v1] Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:38:07 GMT (3995kb,D)

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