Tracing the origin of moving groups I. The γ Leo moving group with high resolution spectra from the Subaru Telescope [GA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1808.01242


We present chemical abundances of 15 stars in the {\gamma} Leo moving group based on high-resolution spectra with the Subaru High Dispersion Spectrograph. The sample was picked up by applying wavelet transform to UVW velocity compo- nents of stars in the solar neighbourhood. Both photometric and spectroscopic method have been used to determine the stellar parameters of stars. Abun- dances of 11 elements including Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Fe, Ni, Y and Ba are measured. Our results show that the member stars display a wide metallicity distribution with abundance ratios similar to Milky way disk stars. We presume that the {\gamma} Leo moving group is originated from dynamical effects probably related to the Galactic spiral arms.

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X. Liang, J. Zhao, G. Zhao, et. al.
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Comments: 21 pages, 6 figures, apj in press