2D-Galactic chemical evolution: the role of the spiral density wave

Abstract

We present a 2-dimensional chemical evolution code applied to a Milky Way type galaxy, incorporating the role of spiral arms in shaping azimuthal abundance variations, and confront the predicted behaviour with recent observations taken with integral field units. To the usual radial distribution of mass, we add the surface density of the spiral wave and study its effect on star formation and elemental abundances. We compute five different models: one with azimuthal symmetry which depends only on radius, while the other four are subjected to the effect of a spiral density wave. At early times, the imprint of the spiral density wave is carried by both the stellar and star formation surface densities; conversely, the elemental abundance pattern is less affected. At later epochs, however, differences among the models are diluted, becoming almost indistinguishable given current observational uncertainties. At the present time, the largest differences appear in the star formation rate and/or in the outer disc (R$\ge$ 18\,kpc). The predicted azimuthal oxygen abundance patterns for $t\le 2$\,Gyr are in reasonable agreement with recent observations obtained with VLT/MUSE for NGC 6754

arXiv comment19 pages, 12 figures, MNRAS to be published

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