The mass-metallicity relation: A fossil from the star formation history of galaxies
In last years, there has been important progress in the understanding of the chemicalevolution of galaxies because of the improvement of observational techniques andthe development of more sophisticated numerical codes. In particular, in the LocalUniverse there is a tight correlation between the ste...
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todo:paper_97816208_v_n_p165_DeRossi2023-10-03T16:44:25Z The mass-metallicity relation: A fossil from the star formation history of galaxies De Rossi, M.E. Galaxies: abundances Galaxies: evolution Galaxies: starburst In last years, there has been important progress in the understanding of the chemicalevolution of galaxies because of the improvement of observational techniques andthe development of more sophisticated numerical codes. In particular, in the LocalUniverse there is a tight correlation between the stellar mass and metallicity of galacticsystems in such a way that brighter and more massive galaxies tend to be moremetal-enriched (e.g. Tremonti et al. 2004; Lee et al. 2006). Moreover, this relationseems to evolve with time in the sense that, at a given stellar mass, systems were lessenriched in the past (e.g. Erb et al. 2006; Maiolino et al. 2008).The chemical composition of a galaxy is of fundamental importance to study itsformation and evolution as it is the result of the joint action of several physical mechanismssuch as the star formation processes, gas infall, Supernovae winds, the initialmass function, stellar nucleosynthesis, among others. Therefore, the determinationof correlations between chemical abundances and other properties of galaxies and thestudy of how these relations evolve with time could provide important clues about possiblegalaxy formation scenarios (e.g. De Rossi et al. 2007, 2009; Finlator & Davé2008).In this work, we will review some of the most important advances made in thissense in the last decades. I will focus mainly on the study of the origin and evolutionof the mass-metallicity relation as a relic from the star formation history of galaxies. © 2012 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. CHAP info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_97816208_v_n_p165_DeRossi |
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In last years, there has been important progress in the understanding of the chemicalevolution of galaxies because of the improvement of observational techniques andthe development of more sophisticated numerical codes. In particular, in the LocalUniverse there is a tight correlation between the stellar mass and metallicity of galacticsystems in such a way that brighter and more massive galaxies tend to be moremetal-enriched (e.g. Tremonti et al. 2004; Lee et al. 2006). Moreover, this relationseems to evolve with time in the sense that, at a given stellar mass, systems were lessenriched in the past (e.g. Erb et al. 2006; Maiolino et al. 2008).The chemical composition of a galaxy is of fundamental importance to study itsformation and evolution as it is the result of the joint action of several physical mechanismssuch as the star formation processes, gas infall, Supernovae winds, the initialmass function, stellar nucleosynthesis, among others. Therefore, the determinationof correlations between chemical abundances and other properties of galaxies and thestudy of how these relations evolve with time could provide important clues about possiblegalaxy formation scenarios (e.g. De Rossi et al. 2007, 2009; Finlator & Davé2008).In this work, we will review some of the most important advances made in thissense in the last decades. I will focus mainly on the study of the origin and evolutionof the mass-metallicity relation as a relic from the star formation history of galaxies. © 2012 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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The mass-metallicity relation: A fossil from the star formation history of galaxies |
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The mass-metallicity relation: A fossil from the star formation history of galaxies |
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The mass-metallicity relation: A fossil from the star formation history of galaxies |
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The mass-metallicity relation: A fossil from the star formation history of galaxies |
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The mass-metallicity relation: A fossil from the star formation history of galaxies |
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mass-metallicity relation: a fossil from the star formation history of galaxies |
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