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Title:
Riding the Spiral Waves: Implications of Stellar Migration for the Properties of Galactic Disks
Authors:
Roškar, Rok; Debattista, Victor P.; Quinn, Thomas R.; Stinson, Gregory S.; Wadsley, James
Affiliation:
AA(Astronomy Department, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195; , .), AB(RCUK Fellow at Centre for Astrophysics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK; .), AC(Astronomy Department, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195; , .), AD(Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada; , .), AE(Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada; , .)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 684, Issue 2, pp. L79-L82. (ApJL Homepage)
Publication Date:
09/2008
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
Galaxies: Evolution, Galaxies: Spiral, Galaxies: Stellar Content, Galaxy: Stellar Content, Galaxy: Solar Neighborhood, Stellar Dynamics
DOI:
10.1086/592231
Bibliographic Code:
2008ApJ...684L..79R

Abstract

Stars in disks of spiral galaxies are usually assumed to remain roughly at their birth radii. This assumption is built into decades of modeling of the evolution of stellar populations in our own Galaxy and in external systems. We present results from self-consistent high-resolution N-body + smooth particle hydrodynamics simulations of disk formation, in which stars migrate across significant galactocentric distances due to resonant scattering with transient spiral arms, while preserving their circular orbits. We investigate the implications of such migrations for observed stellar populations. Radial migration provides an explanation for the observed flatness and spread in the age-metallicity relation and the relative lack of metal-poor stars in the solar neighborhood. The presence of radial migration also prompts rethinking of interpretations of extragalactic stellar population data, especially for determinations of star formation histories.
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