Evolution of the chemical enrichment and the mass-metallicity relation in CALIFA galaxies


Por: Camps-Farina, A., Sanchez, S. F., Lacerda, E. A. D., Carigi, L., Garcia-Benito, R., Mast, D., Galbany, L.

Publicada: 1 jul 2021
Resumen:
We apply fossil record techniques to the CALIFA sample to study how galaxies in the Local Universe have evolved in terms of their chemical content. We show how the stellar metallicity and the mass-metallicity relation (MZR) evolve through time for the galaxies in our sample and how this evolution varies when we divide them based on their mass, morphology, and star-forming status. We also check the impact of measuring the metallicity at the centre or the outskirts. We find the expected results that the most massive galaxies were enriched more quickly, and that the MZR was steeper at higher redshifts. However, once we separate the galaxies into morphology bins this behaviour is less clear, which suggests that morphology is a primary factor in determining how quickly a galaxy becomes enriched, but with mass determining the final enrichment. We also find that star-forming galaxies (SFGs) appear to be asymptotic in their chemical evolution; that is, the metallicity of SFGs of any mass is very similar at recent times unlike several Gyr ago.

Filiaciones:
Camps-Farina, A.:
 (Corresponding Author), Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Sanchez, S. F.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Lacerda, E. A. D.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Carigi, L.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Garcia-Benito, R.:
 Inst Astrofis Andalucia CSIC, POB 3004, E-18080 Granada, Spain

Mast, D.:
 Observ Astron, Laprida 854,X5000BGR, Cordoba, Argentina

 Consejo Invest Cient & Tecn Republ Argentina, Avda Rivadavia 1917,C1033AAJ, Caba, Argentina

Galbany, L.:
 Univ Granada, Dept Fis Teor & Cosmos, E-18071 Granada, Spain
ISSN: 00358711
Editorial
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Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 504 Número: 3
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WOS Id: 000656139300025
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