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 …

The mass–metallicity relation with the direct method on stacked spectra of SDSS galaxies

BH Andrews, P Martini - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The relation between galaxy stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity is a sensitive diagnostic
of the main processes that drive galaxy evolution, namely cosmological gas inflow, metal …

A systematic metallicity study of DustPedia galaxies reveals evolution in the dust-to-metal ratios

P De Vis, A Jones, S Viaene, V Casasola… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Observations of evolution in the dust-to-metal ratio allow us to constrain the dominant dust
processing mechanisms. In this work, we present a study of the dust-to-metal and dust-to …

New fully empirical calibrations of strong-line metallicity indicators in star forming galaxies

M Curti, G Cresci, F Mannucci, A Marconi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We derive new empirical calibrations for strong-line diagnostics of gas phase metallicity in
local star forming galaxies by uniformly applying the Te method over the full metallicity range …

The mass-metallicity relation at z≳ 2

DK Erb, AE Shapley, M Pettini, CC Steidel… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We use a sample of 87 rest-frame UV-selected star-forming galaxies with mean
spectroscopic redshift⟨ z⟩= 2.26±0.17 to study the correlation between metallicity and …

Optical spectroscopy and nebular oxygen abundances of the Spitzer/SINGS galaxies

J Moustakas, RC Kennicutt, CA Tremonti… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present intermediate-resolution optical spectrophotometry of 65 galaxies obtained in
support of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS). For each galaxy we obtain …

The Gemini deep deep survey. VII. The redshift evolution of the mass-metallicity relation

S Savaglio, K Glazebrook, D Le Borgne… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We have investigated the mass-metallicity (MZ) relation using galaxies at 0.4< z< 1.0 from
the Gemini Deep Deep Survey (GDDS) and Canada-France Redshift Survey (CFRS). Deep …

Gas metallicity diagnostics in star-forming galaxies

T Nagao, R Maiolino, A Marconi - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2006 - aanda.org
Generally the gas metallicity in distant galaxies can only be inferred by using a few
prominent emission lines. Various theoretical models have been used to predict the …

The impact of the nitrogen-to-oxygen ratio on ionized nebula diagnostics based on [N ii] emission lines

E Pérez-Montero, T Contini - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We study the relation between nitrogen and oxygen abundances as a function of metallicity
for a sample of emission-line objects for which a direct measurement of the metallicity has …

CHAOS I. DIRECT CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES FOR REGIONS IN NGC 628

DA Berg, ED Skillman, KV Croxall… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The CHemical Abundances of Spirals (CHAOS) project leverages the combined
power of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) with the broad spectral range and sensitivity …