Exploring the Evolution of Massive Clumps in Simulations that Reproduce the Observed Milky Way α-element Abundance Bimodality

Bethany R. Garver, David L. Nidever, Victor P. Debattista +2

The Milky Way stellar disk has both a thin and a thick component. The thin disk is composed mostly of younger stars ($\lesssim$8 Gyr) with a lower abundance of $\alpha$ elements, while…