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The Evolution of Heavy Elements in Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2005

Gustavo A. Lanfranchi
Affiliation:
IAG – USP, R. do Matão 1226, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil email: glanfran@usp.br
Francesca Matteucci
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia-Universitá di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34131 Trieste, Italy email: matteucci@ts.astro.it, cescutti@ts.astro.it
Gabriele Cescutti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia-Universitá di Trieste, Via G. B. Tiepolo 11, 34131 Trieste, Italy email: matteucci@ts.astro.it, cescutti@ts.astro.it
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Abstract

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We follow the evolution of barium and europium in four Local Group Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies by means of a detailed chemical evolution model. The model adopts up to date nucleosynthesis and takes into account the role played by supernovae of different types (II, Ia). By assuming that barium is produced in low mass AGB stars by s-process but also in massive stars (in the mass range 10–30 M[odot ]) by r-process and that europium is a pure r-process element synthesized in massive stars in the same range of masses (10–30 M[odot ]), we are able to reproduce the observed [Ba/Fe] and [Eu/Fe] as functions of [Fe/H] in all four galaxies studied. We confirm also the important role played by the very low star formation efficiencies (ν = 0.005–0.5 Gyr−1) and by the intense galactic winds (wi = 6–13) in the evolution of these galaxies.

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© 2005 International Astronomical Union