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We describe an equilibrium model that links the metallicity of low-redshift galaxies to stellar evolution models. It enables the testing of different stellar initial mass functions and metal yields against observed galaxy metallicities. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Martin Harwit , Drew Brisbin

We present abundance measurements from 26 emission-line selected galaxies at z~0.6-0.7. By reaching stellar masses as low as 10^8 M_{\sun}, these observations provide the first measurement of the intermediate redshift mass-metallicity (MZ)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Alaina Henry , Crystal L. Martin , Kristian Finlator , Alan Dressler

We present new accurate measurements of the physical properties of a statistically significant sample of 103 galaxies at z~2 using near-infrared spectroscopy taken as part of the 3D-HST survey. We derive redshifts, metallicities and star…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-09 F. Cullen , M. Cirasuolo , R. J. McLure , J. S. Dunlop

We present the first robust measurement of the high redshift mass-metallicity (MZ) relation at 10^{8}< M/M_{\sun} < 10^{10}, obtained by stacking spectra of 83 emission-line galaxies with secure redshifts between 1.3 < z < 2.3. For these…

The stellar mass-metallicity relation ($M_* - Z$, MZR) indicates that the metallicities of galaxies increase with increasing stellar masses. The fundamental metallicity relation (FMR) suggests that the galaxies with higher star formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-12 Yulong Gao , Min Bao , Qirong Yuan , Xu Kong , Hu Zou , Xu Zhou , Yizhou Gu , Zesen Lin , Zhixiong Liang , Chi Huang

We revisit the evolution of the mass-metallicity relation of low- and high-redshift galaxies by using a sample of local analogs of high-redshift galaxies. These analogs share the same location of the UV-selected star-forming galaxies at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-04 Fuyan Bian , Lisa Kewley , Michael Dopita , Guillermo Blanc

A galaxy's metallicity provides a record of star formation, gas accretion, and gas outflow, and is therefore one of the most informative measurements that can be made at high redshift. It is also one of the most difficult. I review methods…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Dawn K. Erb

We derived stellar ages and metallicities [Z/H] for $\sim$70 passive early type galaxies (ETGs) selected from VANDELS survey over the redshift range 1.0$<$$z$$<$1.4 and stellar mass range 10$<$log(M$_*$/M$_\odot$)$<$11.6. We find…

We measure a relation between the depth of four prominent rest-UV absorption complexes and metallicity for local galaxies and verify it up to z~3. We then apply this relation to a sample of 224 galaxies at 3.5 < z < 6.0 (<z> = 4.8) in…

We examine the mass-metallicity relation for $z\lesssim 1.6$. The mass-metallicity relation follows a steep slope with a turnover or `knee' at stellar masses around $10^{10} M_\odot$. At stellar masses higher than the characteristic…

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 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

We present results from deep Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) observations of 28 metal-poor, strongly star-forming galaxies selected from the DEEP2 Galaxy Survey. By modelling infrared and optical photometry, we derive stellar masses…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Andrew Weldon , Chun Ly , Michael Cooper

Recent results have suggested that the well known mass-metallicity relation has a strong dependence on the star formation rate, to the extent that a three dimensional `fundamental metallicity relation' exists which links the three…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. S. Bothwell , R. Maiolino , R. Kennicutt. , G. Cresci , F. Mannucci , A. Marconi , C. Cicone

Metallicity is one of the crucial factors that determine stellar evolution. To characterize the properties of stellar populations one needs to know the fraction of stars forming at different metallicities. Knowing how this fraction evolves…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-29 Martyna Chruslinska , Gijs Nelemans

We investigate the mass-metallicity relationship of star forming galaxies by analysing the absorption line spectra of $\sim$200,000 galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The galaxy spectra are stacked in bins of stellar mass and a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-07 Eva Sextl , Rolf-Peter Kudritzki , H. Jabran Zahid , I-Ting Ho

The metallicity and its relationship with other galactic properties is a fundamental probe of the evolution of galaxies. In this work, we select about 750,000 star-forming spatial pixels from 1122 blue galaxies in the MaNGA survey to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-05 Yulong Gao , Enci Wang , Xu Kong , Zesen Lin , Guilin Liu , Haiyang Liu , Qing Liu , Ning Hu , Berzaf Berhane Teklu , Xinkai Chen , Qinyuan Zhao

We have investigated the mass-metallicity (M-Z) relation using galaxies at 0.4<z<1.0 from the Gemini Deep Deep Survey and Canada-France Redshift Survey. Deep K and z' band photometry allowed us to measure stellar masses for 69 galaxies.…