De re metallica: the cosmic chemical evolution of galaxies

R Maiolino, F Mannucci - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2019 - Springer
The evolution of the content of heavy elements in galaxies, the relative chemical
abundances, their spatial distribution, and how these scale with various galactic properties …

Structure and kinematics of early-type galaxies from integral field spectroscopy

M Cappellari - Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Observations of galaxy isophotes, long-slit kinematics, and high-resolution photometry
suggested a possible dichotomy between two distinct classes of elliptical galaxies. But these …

First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: the galaxy colour bimodality

D Nelson, A Pillepich, V Springel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We introduce the first two simulations of the IllustrisTNG project, a next generation of
cosmological magnetohydrodynamical simulations, focusing on the optical colours of …

SDSS-IV MaNGA IFS galaxy survey—Survey design, execution, and initial data quality

R Yan, K Bundy, DR Law, MA Bershady… - The Astronomical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The MaNGA Survey (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory) is
one of three core programs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV. It is obtaining integral field …

SDSS IV MaNGA–metallicity and nitrogen abundance gradients in local galaxies

F Belfiore, R Maiolino, C Tremonti… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We study the gas phase metallicity (O/H) and nitrogen abundance gradients traced by star-
forming regions in a representative sample of 550 nearby galaxies in the stellar mass range …

CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey-IV. Third public data release

SF Sánchez, R García-Benito, S Zibetti… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
This paper describes the third public data release (DR3) of the Calar Alto Legacy Integral
Field Area (CALIFA) survey. Science-grade quality data for 667 galaxies are made public …

SDSS IV-Manga properties of AGN Host Galaxies

SF Sánchez, V Avila-Reese… - Revista mexicana de …, 2018 - scielo.org.mx
We present the characterization of the main properties of a sample of 98 AGN host galaxies,
both type-II and type-I, in comparison with those of≈ 2700 non-active galaxies observed by …

SDSS-IV MaNGA: Spatially resolved star formation histories in galaxies as a function of galaxy mass and type

D Goddard, D Thomas, C Maraston… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We study the internal gradients of stellar population properties within 1.5 R e for a
representative sample of 721 galaxies, with stellar masses ranging between 109 M⊙ and …

The miniJPAS survey: A preview of the Universe in 56 colors

S Bonoli, A Marín-Franch, J Varela, HV Ramió… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The Javalambre-Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey (J-PAS) will
scan thousands of square degrees of the northern sky with a unique set of 56 filters using …

Red clump stars

L Girardi - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Low-mass stars in their core-helium-burning stage define the sharpest feature present in the
color-magnitude diagrams of nearby galaxy systems: the red clump (RC). This feature has …