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Thin disc, Thick Disc and Halo in a Simulated Galaxy

Abstract

Within a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation, we form a disc galaxy with sub- components which can be assigned to a thin stellar disc, thick disk, and a low mass stellar halo via a chemical decomposition. The thin and thick disc populations so selected are distinct in their ages, kinematics, and metallicities. Thin disc stars are young (<6.6 Gyr), possess low velocity dispersion ({\sigma}U,V,W = 41, 31, 25 km/s), high [Fe/H], and low [O/Fe]. The thick disc stars are old (6.6

Authors

Brook CB; Stinson GS; Gibson BK; Kawata D; House EL; Miranda MS; Macciò AV; Pilkington K; Roškar R; Wadsley J

Publication date

June 4, 2012

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.1206.0740

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arXiv
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