The 2MASS Redshift Survey—description and data release

JP Huchra, LM Macri, KL Masters… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS), a ten-year project to map the
full three-dimensional distribution of galaxies in the nearby universe. The Two Micron All Sky …

The MUSE Atlas of Disks (MAD): resolving star formation rates and gas metallicities on< 100 pc scales

S Erroz-Ferrer, CM Carollo, M den Brok… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We study the physical properties of the ionized gas in local discs using the sample of 38
nearby∼ 108.5–11.2 M⊙ Star-Forming Main-Sequence (SFMS) galaxies observed so far as …

Cosmic metallicity evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei: implications for optical diagnostic diagrams

OL Dors, MV Cardaci, GF Hägele… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We analyse the validity of optical diagnostic diagrams relying on emission-lines ratios and in
the context of classifying Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) according to the cosmic metallicity …

The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA): spatially resolved gas-phase metallicity distributions in barred and unbarred spirals

KF Kaplan, S Jogee, L Kewley, GA Blanc… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present a study of the excitation conditions and metallicity of ionized gas (Z gas) in eight
nearby barred and unbarred spiral galaxies from the VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby …

Analysing derived metallicities and ionization parameters from model-based determinations in ionized gaseous nebulae

OL Dors Jr, A Krabbe, GF Hägele… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We analyse the reliability of oxygen abundances and ionization parameters obtained from a
number of diagnostic diagrams. To do this, we used the literature to compile the …

Red supergiants as cosmic abundance probes: the first direct metallicity determination of NGC 4038 in the antennae

C Lardo, B Davies, RP Kudritzki, JZ Gazak… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a direct determination of the stellar metallicity in the close pair galaxy NGC 4038
(D= 20 Mpc) based on the quantitative analysis of moderate-resolution KMOS/Very Large …

Interaction effects on galaxy pairs with Gemini/GMOS–II: oxygen abundance gradients

DA Rosa, OL Dors, AC Krabbe… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we derive oxygen abundance gradients from H ii regions located in 11
galaxies in eight systems of close pairs. Long-slit spectra in the range 4400–7300 Å were …

Quantifying the effects of spatial resolution and noise on galaxy metallicity gradients

A Acharyya, MR Krumholz, C Federrath… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Metallicity gradients are important diagnostics of galaxy evolution, because they record the
history of events such as mergers, gas inflow, and star formation. However, the accuracy …

AGN feedback and star formation in the peculiar galaxy NGC 232: insights from VLT-MUSE observations

JH Costa-Souza, RA Riffel, OL Dors… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We use VLT-MUSE integral field unit data to study the ionized gas physical properties and
kinematics as well as the stellar populations of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 232 as an …

Figuring Out Gas and Galaxies In Enzo (FOGGIE). VIII. Complex and Stochastic Metallicity Gradients at z> 2

A Acharyya, MS Peeples, J Tumlinson… - The Astrophysical …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Gas-phase metallicity gradients are a crucial element in understanding the chemical
evolution of galaxies. We use the FOGGIE simulations to study the metallicity gradients (∇ …