The Universal Relation of Galactic Chemical Evolution: The Origin of the Mass-Metallicity Relation

Jabran Zahid, Gabriel Dima, Rolf Kudritzki +5

We examine the mass-metallicity relation for $z\lesssim 1.6$. The mass-metallicity relation follows a steep slope with a turnover or `knee' at stellar masses around $10^{10} M_\odo…