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The recent decade has seen an exponential growth in spatially-resolved metallicity measurements in the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies. To first order, these measurements are characterised by the slope of the radial metallicity…

The gas-phase metallicity of galaxies encodes important information about galaxy evolution processes, in particular star formation, feedback, outflows and gas accretion, the relative importance of which can be extracted from systematic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-27 Nancy Yang , Dirk Scholte , Amelie Saintonge

We present a new model for the evolution of gas phase metallicity gradients in galaxies from first principles. We show that metallicity gradients depend on four ratios that collectively describe the metal equilibration timescale,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-24 Piyush Sharda , Mark R. Krumholz , Emily Wisnioski , John C. Forbes , Christoph Federrath , Ayan Acharyya

We study the origin and cosmic evolution of the mass-metallicity relation (MZR) in star-forming galaxies based on a full, numerical chemical evolution model. The model was designed to match the local MZRs for both gas and stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-26 Jianhui Lian , Daniel Thomas , Claudia Maraston

The physical origin of the scatter in the relation between galaxy stellar mass and the metallicity of the interstellar medium, i.e. the Mass-Metallicity Relation (MZR), reflects the relative importance of key processes in galaxy evolution.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-12 Maria L. van Loon , Peter D. Mitchell , Joop Schaye

We present a newly observed relation between galaxy mass and radial metallicity gradients of early-type galaxies. Our sample of 51 early-type galaxies encompasses a comprehensive mass range from dwarf to brightest cluster galaxies. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 Max Spolaor , Robert N. Proctor , Duncan A. Forbes , Warrick J. Couch

We present and discuss measurements of the gas-phase metallicity gradient in gravitationally lensed galaxies at z=2.0-2.4 based on adaptive optics-assisted imaging spectroscopy with the Keck II telescope. Through deep exposures we have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Tucker Jones , Richard S. Ellis , Johan Richard , Eric Jullo

We investigate the mass-metallicity relations for the gaseous (MZRgas) and stellar components (MZRstar) of local star-forming galaxies based on a representative sample from SDSS DR12. The mass-weighted average stellar metallicities are…

Galaxy evolution emerges from the balance between cosmic gas accretion, fueling star formation, and supernova (SN) feedback, regulating the metal enrichment. Hence, the stellar mass ($M_*$) - gas metallicity relation (MZR) is key to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-25 A. Pallottini , A. Ferrara , S. Gallerani , L. Sommovigo , S. Carniani , L. Vallini , M. Kohandel , G. Venturi

The mass-metallicity relation (MZR) is a fundamental scale law of galaxies. It is observed to evolve with redshift in unresolved galaxies up to z>6. However, observational constraints limits our view at such early epochs to galaxies with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-04 M. Bellazzini , T. Muraveva , A. Garofalo

We examine the origin and evolution of the mass-metallicity relationship (MZR, M-Z) for galaxies using high resolution cosmological SPH + N-Body simulations that include a physically motivated description of supernovae feedback and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. M. Brooks , F. Governato , C. M. Booth , B. Willman , J. P. Gardner , J. Wadsley , G. Stinson , T. Quinn

Making use of both MUSE observations of 85 galaxies from the survey GASP (GAs Stripping Phenomena in galaxies with MUSE) and a large sample from MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory survey) we investigate the…

In their evolution, star-forming galaxies are known to follow scaling relations between some fundamental physical quantities, such as the mass-metallicity and the main sequence relations. We aim at studying the evolution of galaxies that,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 E. Spitoni , F. Calura , M. Mignoli , R. Gilli , V. Silva Aguirre , A. Gallazzi

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

(Abridged) Using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations in combination with analytic modeling, we show that the galaxy stellar mass-metallicity relation (MZR) provides strong constraints on galactic outflows across cosmic time. We compare…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Finlator , R. Dave

Observations show a tight correlation between the stellar mass of galaxies and their gas-phase metallicity (MZR). This relation evolves with redshift, with higher-redshift galaxies being characterized by lower metallicities. Understanding…

We study the stellar mass-gas metallicity relation (MZR) which shows a significant scatter for a fixed stellar mass. By defining global environments, nodes, filaments, and voids within the Horizon Run 5 cosmological hydrodynamical…

We investigate the stellar Mass-Metallicity Relation (MZR) using a sample of 637 quiescent galaxies with 10.4 <= log(M*/M ) < 11.7 selected from the LEGA-C survey at 0.6 <= z <= 1. We derive mass-weighted stellar metallicities using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-09 D. Bevacqua , P. Saracco , A. Boecker , G. D'Ago , G. De Lucia , R. De Propris , F. La Barbera , A. Pasquali , C. Spiniello , C. Tortora

The variations in metallicity and spatial patterns within star-forming regions of galaxies result from diverse physical processes unfolding throughout their evolutionary history, with a particular emphasis in recent events. Analysing MaNGA…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-12 F. Jara-Ferreira , P. B. Tissera , E. Sillero , Y. Rosas-Guevara , S. E. Pedrosa , M. E. De Rossi , T. Theuns , L. Bignone

We present the stellar mass ($M_{*}$)--gas-phase metallicity relation (MZR) and its scatter at intermediate redshifts ($0.5\leq z\leq0.7$) for 1381 field galaxies collected from deep spectroscopic surveys. The star formation rate (SFR) and…

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