Bibcode
Hasselquist, S.; Shetrone, Matthew D.; Smith, Verne V.; Cunha, Katia M. L.; McWilliam, Andrew; Holtzman, Jon A.; Majewski, Steven R.; Sobeck, Jennifer; Frinchaboy, Peter M.; Roman-Lopes, Alexandre; Ivans, Inese I.; Allende-Prieto, C.; Placco, Vinicius M.; Lane, Richard; Zasowski, Gail; APOGEE
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #229, id.123.04
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2017
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The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)
provides elemental abundances for C, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, K, Ca,
Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni. We analyze the chemical abundance
patterns of these elements for ~ 350 stars belonging to the Sagittarius
Dwarf Galaxy (Sgr). This is the largest sample of Sgr stars with
detailed chemical abundances and the first time C, N, P, K, V, Cr, Co,
and Ni have been studied in the dwarf galaxy. For Sgr stars with [Fe/H]
> -0.9, we find that Sgr is deficient in all elemental abundance
ratios (expressed as [X/Fe]) relative to the Milky Way, which suggests
that Sgr stars observed today were formed from gas that was less
enriched by both Type II and Type Ia SNe. By examining the relative
deficiencies of the hydrostatic (O, Mg, and Al) and explosive (Si, K,
and Mn) elements , we find support that previous generations of Sgr
stars were formed with a top-light IMF, lacking the most massive stars
that would normally pollute the ISM with the hydrostatic elements.