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Magnetic fields are observed beyond the peripheries of optically detected galactic discs, while numerical models of their origin and the typical magnitudes are still absent. Previously, studies of galactic dynamo have avoided considering…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-05 E. Mikhailov , A. Kasparova , D. Moss , R. Beck , D. Sokoloff , A. Zasov

We study the evolution of Milky Way thick and thin discs in the light of the most recent observational data. In particular, we analyze abundance gradients of O, N, Fe and Mg along the thin disc as well as the [Mg/Fe] vs. [Fe/H] relations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-10 Marco Palla , Francesca Matteucci , Emanuele Spitoni , Fiorenzo Vincenzo , Valeria Grisoni

For several decades now, open clusters have been used to study the structure and chemical evolution of the disk of our Galaxy. Due to the fact that their ages and metallicities can be determined with relatively good precision, and since…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. E. Tecce , L. J. Pellizza , A. E. Piatti

Models of the chemical evolution of our Galaxy are extended to include radial migration of stars and flow of gas through the disc. The models track the production of both iron and alpha elements. A model is chosen that provides an excellent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Ralph Schoenrich , James Binney

We present a comprehensive analysis of the multi-phase structure of the interstellar medium (ISM) and the stellar kinematics in the edge-on nearby galaxy UGC 10205 using integral field spectroscopy (IFS) data taken with MEGARA at the GTC.…

The survey description and near-infrared properties for 92 galaxies are presented for the Extended Disc Galaxy Exploration Science (EDGES) Survey, along with an investigation into the properties of the stellar halos of these galaxies. EDGES…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-24 Shawn M. Staudaher , Daniel A. Dale , Liese Van Zee

The Large Early Galaxy Census (LEGA-C) is a Public Spectroscopic Survey of $\sim3200$ $K$-band selected galaxies at redshifts $z=0.6-1.0$ with stellar masses M_star > 1e10M_sun, conducted with VIMOS on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The survey…

A suite of vast stellar surveys mapping the Milky Way, culminating in the Gaia mission, is revolutionizing the empirical information about the distribution and properties of stars in the Galactic stellar disk. We review and lay out what…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-12-04 Hans-Walter Rix , Jo Bovy

We investigate the relevance of kinematically identified bulges, discs and their role relative to galaxy quenching. We utilize an analysis of the SDSS-MaNGA survey conducted with the GPU-based code BANG which simultaneously models galaxy…

The MUSE TIMER Survey has obtained high signal and high spatial resolution integral-field spectroscopy data of the inner $\sim6\times6$ kpc of 21 nearby massive disc galaxies. This allows studies of the stellar kinematics of the central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-20 Dimitri A. Gadotti , Adrian Bittner , Jesus Falcón-Barroso , Jairo Méndez-Abreu , the TIMER team

The vertical evolution of galactic discs is governed by the sub-structures within them. We examine the diversity of kinematic sub-structure present in the first 12 galaxies observed from the GECKOS survey, a VLT/MUSE large programme…

Globular clusters (GCs), the oldest stellar systems observed in the Milky Way, have for long been considered single stellar populations. As such, they provided an ideal laboratory to understand stellar dynamics and primordial star formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-06 Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti , Sergey Khoperskov , Paola Di Matteo , Misha Haywood

We investigate the growth of stellar discs in Milky Way-mass galaxies using the magnetohydrodynamical simulations of the Auriga Project in a full cosmological context. We focus on the gas accretion process along the discs, calculating the…

We present a flexible, detailed model for the evolution of galactic discs in a cosmological context since $z\approx 4$, including a physically-motivated model for radial transport of gas and stars within galactic discs. This expansion…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-19 John C. Forbes , Mark R. Krumholz , Joshua S. Speagle

(Abridged) Context. This is the second paper of a series devoted to the WIde Field Nearby Galaxy-cluster Survey (WINGS). WINGS is a long term project which is gathering wide-field, multi-band imaging and spectroscopy of galaxies in a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Varela , M. D'Onofrio , C. Marmo , G. Fasano , D. Bettoni , A. Cava , W. J. Couch , A. Dressler , P. Kjaergaard , M. Moles , E. Pignatelli , B. M. Poggianti , T. Valentinuzzi

We present the KMOS Galaxy Evolution Survey (KGES), a $K$-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) study of the H$\alpha$ and [NII] emission from 288 $K$ band-selected galaxies at $1.2 \lesssim z \lesssim 1.8$, with stellar masses in the range…

The formation of galactic discs and the efficiency of star formation within them are issues central to our understanding of galaxy formation. We have developed a detailed and versatile model of disc formation which combines the strengths of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-09 M. J. Stringer , A. J. Benson

A simple model for the evolution of disc galaxies is presented. We adopt three numbers from observations of the Milky Way disc, the local surface mass density, the stellar scale length (of the assumedly exponential disc) and the amplitude…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Thorsten Naab , Jeremiah P. Ostriker

The formation of multiple stellar systems is a natural by-product of the star-formation process, and its impact on the properties of protoplanetary discs and on the formation of planets is still to be fully understood. To date, no detailed…