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We present an analysis of the chemical abundance properties of $\approx$650 star-forming galaxies at $z \approx0.6-1.8$. Using integral-field observations from the $K$-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS), we quantify the [NII]/H$\alpha$…

The distribution of stellar metallicities within and across galaxies is an excellent relic of the chemical evolution across cosmic time. We present a detailed analysis of spatially resolved stellar populations based on $>2.6$ million…

We use a sample of 87 rest-frame UV-selected star-forming galaxies with mean spectroscopic redshift z=2.26 to study the correlation between metallicity and stellar mass at high redshift. Using stellar masses determined from SED fitting to…

We present uniformly measured stellar metallicities for 463 stars in 13 Milky Way (MW) ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs; $M_V = -7.1$ to $-0.8$) using narrowband CaHK (F395N) imaging taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This…

We present a revised metallicity distribution of dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood. This distribution is centred on solar metallicity. We show that previous metallicity distributions, selected on the basis of spectral type, are biased…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Misha Haywood

We present a novel method to retrieve the chemical structure of galaxies using integral field spectroscopy data through the stellar Metallicity Distribution Function (MDF). This is the probability distribution of observing stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 A. Mejía-Narváez , S. F. Sánchez , E. A. D. Lacerda , L. Carigi , L. Galbany , B. Husemann , R. García-Benito

Metallicity appears to be one the most important tool to study formation and evolution of galaxies. Recently, we have shown that metallicity of local galaxies is tightly related not only to stellar mass, but also to star formation rate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 F. Mannucci , G. Cresci

The widely known relation between stellar mass and gas metallicity (mass-metallicity relation, MZR) in galaxies is often ascribed to the higher capability of more massive systems to retain metals against the action of galactic outflows. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-29 William M. Baker , Roberto Maiolino

We report on the discovery of 28 $z\approx0.8$ metal-poor galaxies in DEEP2. These galaxies were selected for their detection of the weak [OIII]$\lambda$4363 emission line, which provides a "direct" measure of the gas-phase metallicity. A…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Chun Ly , Jane Rigby , Michael Cooper , Renbin Yan

Context. One of the most fundamental scaling relations in galaxies is observed between metallicity and stellar mass -- the mass-metallicity relation (MZR) -- although recently a stronger dependence of the gas-phase metallicity with the…

We present stellar parameters and metallicities for 29 planet-host stars, as well as for a large volume-limited sample of 53 stars not known to be orbited by any planetary-mass companion. These stars add to the results presented in our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. C. Santos , G. Israelian , M. Mayor , J. P. Bento , P. C. Almeida , S. G. Sousa , A. Ecuvillon

We have determined new relations between $UBV$ colors and mass-to-light ratios ($M/L$) for dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxies, as well as for transformed $g^\prime - r^\prime$. These $M/L$ to color relations (MLCRs) are based on stellar mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-03 Kimberly A. Herrmann , Deidre A. Hunter , Hong-Xin Zhang , Bruce G. Elmegreen

We measure the oxygen metallicity of the ionized gas along the major axis of seven dwarf star-forming galaxies. Two of them, SDSSJ1647+21 and SDSSJ2238+14, show 0.5 dex metallicity decrements in inner regions with enhanced star-formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 J. Sanchez Almeida , A. B. Morales-Luis , C. Munoz-Tunon , D. M. Elmegreen , B. G. Elmegreen , J. Mendez-Abreu

It is shown that bright cluster dwarf ellipticals follow a relation between metallicity and apparent flattening. Rounder dwarfs tend to be more metal-rich. The evidence is based on colour as well as spectroscopic line-strength data from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fabio D. Barazza , Bruno Binggeli

Gas-phase metallicities of galaxies are typically measured through auroral or nebular emission lines, but metallicity also leaves an imprint on the overall spectral energy distribution (SED) of a galaxy and can be estimated through SED…

We use a sample of 43,690 galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4 to study the systematic effects of specific star formation rate (SSFR) and galaxy size (as measured by the half light radius, r_h) on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sara L. Ellison , David R. Patton , Luc Simard , Alan W. McConnachie

Comparisons between the planet populations around solar-type stars and those orbiting M dwarfs shed light on the possible dependence of planet formation and evolution on stellar mass. However, such analyses must control for other factors,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Eric Gaidos , Andrew W. Mann

We measure the relationship between stellar mass and stellar metallicity, the stellar mass--metallicity relation (MZR), for 1336 star-forming galaxies at $1.6\le z\le3.0$ (<z>=2.2) using rest-frame far-ultraviolet spectra from the…

The relation between galaxy stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity is a sensitive diagnostic of the main processes that drive galaxy evolution, namely cosmological gas inflow, metal production in stars, and gas outflow via galactic winds.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Brett H. Andrews , Paul Martini

The metallicity of local galaxies is tightly related not only to stellar mass, i.e. the mass-metallicity relation, but also to the star formation rate (SFR) through the so-called fundamental metallicity relation (FMR); more active galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-03 Giovanni Cresci , Filippo Mannucci , Mirko Curti