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We use 297 042 main sequence turn-off stars selected from the LSS-GAC to determine the radial and vertical gradients of stellar metallicity of the Galactic disk in the anti-center direction. We determine ages of those turn-off stars by…

We have investigated the metallicity distributions of mono-age stellar populations across the disc of $6 \lesssim R \lesssim 12$\,kpc and $|Z| \lesssim 2$\,kpc using samples selected from the main-sequence turn-off and sub-giant (MSTO-SG)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-28 C. Wang , X. -W. Liu , M. -S. Xiang , Y. Huang , B. -Q. Chen , H. -B. Yuan , J. -J. Ren , H. -W. Zhang , Z. -J. Tian

Stellar ages are a crucial component to studying the evolution of the Milky Way. Using Gaia DR2 distance estimates, it is now possible to estimate stellar ages for a larger volume of evolved stars through isochrone matching. This work…

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This study is based on high quality astrometric and spectroscopic data from the most recent releases by Gaia and APOGEE. We select $58\,882$ thin and thick disk red giants, in the Galactocentric (cylindrical) distance range $5 < R < 13$~kpc…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-31 Paola Re Fiorentin , Mario G. Lattanzi , Alessandro Spagna

We study the role of radial migration of stars on the chemical evolution of the Milky Way disk. In particular, we are interested in the impact of that process on the local properties of the disk (age-metallicity relation and its dispersion,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-19 M. Kubryk , N. Prantzos , E. Athanassoula

We investigate radial and vertical metallicity gradients for a sample of red clump stars from the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) Data Release 3. We select a total of 6781 stars, using a selection of colour, surface gravity and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Bilir , S. Karaali , S. Ak , O. Onal , N. D. Dagtekin , T. Yontan , G. Gilmore , G. M. Seabroke

Using combined asteroseismic and spectroscopic observations of 418 red-giant stars close to the Galactic disc plane (6 kpc $<R_{\rm Gal}\lesssim13$ kpc, $|Z_{\rm Gal}|<0.3$ kpc), we measure the age dependence of the radial metallicity…

A detailed measurement is made of the metallicity distributions, kinematics and dynamics of the thin and thick disks, across a large disk volume (5.0 $\leq$ $R$ $\leq$ 15.0 kpc and $|Z|$ $\leq$3.0 kpc), by using the LAMOST-APOGEE red clump…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-20 Weixiang Sun , Han Shen , Biwei Jiang , Xiaowei Liu

We explore the relationships between the [O/H] gas-phase metallicity radial gradients and multiple galaxy properties for 238 star-forming galaxies at 0.6<z<2.6 selected from the CANDELS Ly$\alpha$ Emission at Reionization (CLEAR) survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-02 Yingjie Cheng , Mauro Giavalisco , Raymond C. Simons , Zhiyuan Ji , Darren Stroupe , Nikko J. Cleri

We aim to probe the dynamic structure of the extended Solar neighbourhood by calculating the radial metallicity gradients from orbit properties, which are obtained for axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric potential models, of red clump (RC)…

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We analyse for the first time the radial abundance gradients of the disc stars of a disc galaxy simulated with our three dimensional, fully cosmological chemodynamical galaxy evolution code GCD+. We study how [Fe/H], [N/O], [O/Fe], [Mg/Fe]…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Awat Rahimi , Daisuke Kawata , Carlos Allende Prieto , Chris B. Brook , Brad K. Gibson , Alina Kiessling

Chemical cartography of the Galactic disk provides insights to its structure and assembly history over cosmic time. In this work, we use chemical cartography to explore chemical gradients and azimuthal substructure in the Milky Way disk…

We analyze the radial and vertical metallicity and [alpha/Fe] gradients of the disk stars of a disk galaxy simulated in a fully cosmological setting with the chemodynamical galaxy evolution code, GCD+. We study how the radial abundance…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Awat Rahimi , Kenneth Carrell , Daisuke Kawata

Galactic disks typically exhibit a negative radial metallicity gradient, indicating faster enrichment in the inner regions. Recent studies report that this gradient becomes flatter with increasing stellar age in the Milky Way's (MW) thin…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-11 Ao Chen , Juntai Shen , Chun Wang , Yang Huang

Radial metallicity gradients are fundamental to understanding galaxy formation and evolution. In our high-resolution simulation of a NIHAO-UHD Milky Way analogue, we analyze the linearity, scatter, spatial coherence, and age-related…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-30 Sven Buder , Tobias Buck , Qian-Hui Chen , Kathryn Grasha

The formation and evolution of galaxies is imprinted on their stellar population radial gradients. Two recent articles present conflicting results concerning the mass dependence of the metallicity gradients for early-type dwarf galaxies. On…

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Spiral star-forming galaxies are complex astrophysical objects whose baryonic component is dominated by the disk, where most of the star formation resides. The metallicity in the disk is not uniform, and it usually decreases with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-13 Letizia Stanghellini , Danielle Berg , Fabio Bresolin , Katia Cunha , Laura Magrini

We investigate the vertical metallicity gradients of five mono-age stellar populations between 0 and 11 Gyr for a sample of 18 435 dwarf stars selected from the cross-matched Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) and RAdial Velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-16 Ioana Ciucă , Daisuke Kawata , Jane Lin , Luca Casagrande , George Seabroke , Mark Cropper

Using idealised N-body simulations of a Milky Way-sized disc galaxy, we qualitatively study how the metallicity distributions of the thin disc star particles are modified by the formation of the bar and spiral arm structures. The thin disc…

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