Aims. To model the chemical evolution of manganese relative to iron in three
different stellar systems: the solar neighbourhood, the Galactic bulge and the
Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy, and compare our results with the recent
and homogeneous observational data. Methods. We adopt three chemical evolution
models well able to reproduce the main properties of the solar vicinity, the
galactic Bulge and the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal. Then, we compare different
stellar yields in order to identify the best set to match the observational
data in these systems. Results. We compute the evolution of manganese in the
three systems and we find that in order to reproduce simultaneously the [Mn/Fe]
versus [Fe/H] in the Galactic bulge, the solar neighbourhood and Sagittarius,
the type Ia SN Mn yield must be metallicity-dependent. Conclusions. We conclude
that the different histories of star formation in the three systems are not
enough to reproduce the different behaviour of the [Mn/Fe] ratio, unlike the
situation for [alpha/Fe]; rather, it is necessary to invoke
metallicity-dependent type Ia SN Mn yields, as originally suggested by
McWilliam, Rich & Smecker-Hane in 2003.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, submitted to A&
