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We carry out a joint spatial-kinematical-metallicity analysis of globular clusters (GCs) around the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), using a homogeneous, high-quality spectroscopic dataset. In particular, we remove the contaminating young clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-15 Nelson Caldwell , Aaron J. Romanowsky

We present the stellar mass-metallicity relation for 34 0.4<z<1 galaxies selected from CFRS and Marano fields, and compare it to those derived from three local samples of galaxies (NFGS, KISS and SDSS). Our metal abundance estimates account…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Y. C. Liang , F. Hammer , H. Flores

We present a budget and accounting of metals in and around star-forming galaxies at $z\sim 0$. We combine empirically derived star formation histories with updated supernova and AGB yields and rates to estimate the total mass of metals…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-18 Molly S. Peeples , Jessica K. Werk , Jason Tumlinson , Benjamin D. Oppenheimer , J. Xavier Prochaska , Neal Katz , David H. Weinberg

The Fermi LAT has opened the way for comparative studies of cosmic rays (CRs) and high-energy objects in the Milky Way (MW) and in other, external, star-forming galaxies. Using 2 yr of observations with the Fermi LAT, local Group galaxy M31…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-01 LAT Collaboration

We present new optical long-slit data along 6 position angles of the bulge region of M31. We derive accurate stellar and gas kinematics reaching 5 arcmin from the center, where the disk light contribution is always less than 30%, and out to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. P. Saglia , M. Fabricius , R. Bender , M. Montalto , C. -H. Lee , A. Riffeser , S. Seitz , L. Morganti , O. Gerhard , U. Hopp

(Abridged) We performed the spectroscopic observations of 11 confirmed GCs in M31 with the Xinglong 2.16m telescope and we mainly focus on the fits method and the metallicity gradient for the M31 GC sample. We analyzed and discussed more…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Zhou Fan , Ya-Fang Huang , Jin-Zeng Li , Xu Zhou , Jun Ma , Yong-Heng Zhao

We show that there is a subsystem of the M31 globular clusters with THIN DISK kinematics. These clusters span the entire metallicity range of the M31 globular cluster system, in contrast to the (thick) disk globulars in the Milky Way which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. L. Morrison , P. Harding , K. Perrett , D. Hurley-Keller

We present the metallicity distribution of red giant branch (RGB) stars in M31's stellar halo, derived from photometric metallicity estimates for over 1500 spectroscopically confirmed RGB halo stars. The stellar sample comes from 38 halo…

We analyze resolved stellar near-infrared photometry of 21 HST fields in M31 to constrain the impact of metallicity on the formation of carbon stars. Observations of nearby galaxies show that the carbon stars are increasingly rare at higher…

We present evidence for a metal-poor, [Fe/H]$\sim-1.4$ $\sigma$=0.2 dex, stellar halo component detectable at radii from 10 kpc to 70 kpc, in our nearest giant spiral neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy. This metal-poor sample underlies the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. C. Chapman , R. Ibata , G. F. Lewis , A. M. N. Ferguson , M. Irwin , A. McConnachie , N. Tanvir

Recent observations of our neighbouring galaxy M31 have revealed that its disk was shaped by widespread events. The evidence for this includes the high dispersion ($V/\sigma$ $\le$ 3) of stars older than 2 Gyr, and a global star formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-28 F. Hammer , Y. B. Yang , J. L. Wang , R. Ibata , H. Flores , M. Puech

We aim at reproducing the chemical evolution of the bulge of M31 by means of a detailed chemical evolution model, including radial gas flows coming from the disk. We study the impact of the initial mass function, the star formation rate and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 M. M. Marcon-Uchida , F. Matteucci , G. A. Lanfranchi , E. Spitoni , V. Grieco

The evolution of the metal content of galaxies and its relations to other global properties [such as total stellar mass (M*), circular velocity, star formation rate (SFR), halo mass, etc.] provides important constraints on models of galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-15 Maria E. De Rossi , Tom Theuns , Andreea S. Font , Ian G. McCarthy

We present a census of the mass density of metals and their evolution with cosmic time on a global scale throughout the Universe, synthesizing robust estimates of metals in stars, hot intra-cluster gas, and gaseous absorbers tracing neutral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-15 Saloni Deepak , J. Christopher Howk , Nicolas Lehner , Céline Péroux

Mass estimates of a spiral galaxy derived from its rotation curve must account for the galaxy's past accretion history. There are several lines of evidence indicating that M31 experienced a major merger 2 to 3 Gyr ago. Here, we have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-11 F. Hammer , Y. B. Yang , P. Amram , L. Chemin , G. A. Mamon , J. L. Wang , I. Akib , Y. J. Jiao , H. F. Wang

We present an analysis of the flow of metals through the circumgalactic medium (CGM) in the Feedback in Realistic Environments (FIRE) simulations of galaxy formation, ranging from isolated dwarfs to $L*$ galaxies. We find that nearly all…

We use Hubble Space Telescope optical imaging from the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Southern Treasury (PHAST) to measure the spatially resolved recent star formation history (SFH) across the southern disk of M31. We fit color-magnitude…

Observations have established that the diffuse intergalactic medium (IGM) at z ~ 3 is enriched to ~0.1-1% solar metallicity and that the hot gas in large clusters of galaxies (ICM) is enriched to 1/3-1/2 solar metallicity at z=0. Metals in…

We use a set of observational data for galaxy cold gas mass fraction and gas phase metallicity to constrain the content, inflow and outflow of gas in central galaxies hosted by halos with masses between $10^{11} M_{\odot}$ to $10^{12}…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Zhankui Lu , H. J. Mo , Yu Lu