Low-α metal-rich stars with sausage kinematics in the LAMOST survey: Are they from the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus galaxy?

作者：Gang Zhao,Yuqin Chen

摘要：We search for metal-rich Sausage-kinematic(MRSK)stars with[Fe/H]>−0.8 and−100<Vϕ<50 km/s in LAMOST DR5 in order to investigate the influence of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus(GSE)merger event on the Galactic disk.For the first time,we find a group of low-αMRSK stars,and classify it as a metal-rich tail of the GSE galaxy based on the chemical and kinematical properties.This group has slightly larger R_(apo),Z_(max) and Etot distributions than a previously-reported high-αgroup.Its low-αratio does not allow for an origin resulting from the splash process of the GSE merger event,as is proposed to explain the high-αgroup.A hydrodynamical simulation by Amarante et al.provides a promising solution,in which the GSE galaxy is a clumpy Milky-Way analogue that develops a bimodal disk chemistry.This scenario explains the existence of MRSK stars with both high-αand low-αratios found in this work.It is further supported by another new feature that a clump of MRSK stars is located at Z_(max)=3-5 kpc,which corresponds to the widely adopted disk-halo transition at|Z|∼4 kpc.We suggest that a pile-up of MRSK stars at Zmax contributes significantly to this disk-halo transition,an interesting imprint left by the GSE merger event.These results also provide an important implication on the connection between the GSE and the Virgo Radial Merger.

发文机构：CAS Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy School of Astronomy and Space Science

关键词：GalactichalospiralarmsandGalacticdiskchemicalcompositionandchemicalevolutionkinematicsanddynamicsrotation

分类号： P14[天文地球—天体物理]