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astro-ph.GA2026

Inflow-driven galaxy evolution - I. Revealing the physics of the fundamental metallicity relation

Kai Wang, Carlton Baugh, N. F. Boardman +11

We present a unified physical framework for the fundamental metallicity relation (FMR), based on the mass-continuity equations. The FMR is not merely the anti-correlation between s…

astro-ph.GA2026

Beyond the Fundamental Metallicity Relation: galaxy sizes encode the link between inflow and metallicity

N. F. Boardman, V. Wild, D. Scholte +3

Gas-phase chemical abundances are key observable consequences of galaxy evolution, being intrinsically tied to galaxy formation histories. Gas metallicity rises with increasing ste…

astro-ph.GA2025

The competing effects of recent and long-term star formation histories on oxygen, nitrogen, and stellar metallicities

Nicholas Fraser Boardman, Vivienne Wild, Natalia Vale Asari +1

The fundamental metallicity relation (FMR) - the three-way trend between galaxy stellar masses, star-formation rates (SFRs) and gaseous metallicities - remains amongst the most stu…

astro-ph.GA2024

SDSS-IV MaNGA: Stellar rotational support in disk galaxies vs. central surface density and stellar population age

Xiaohan Wang, Yifei Luo, S. M. Faber +10

We investigate how the stellar rotational support changes as a function of spatially resolved stellar population age () and relative central stellar surface density ($…

astro-ph.GA2024

A tight N/O-potential relation in star-forming galaxies

Nicholas Fraser Boardman, Vivienne Wild, Natalia Vale Asari

We report a significantly tighter trend between gaseous N/O and (a proxy for gravitational potential) than has previously been reported between gaseous metallicity and $M…

astro-ph.GA2024

Chemical evolution of local post-starburst galaxies: Implications for the mass-metallicity relation

Ho-Hin Leung, Vivienne Wild, Michail Papathomas +5

We use the stellar fossil record to constrain the stellar metallicity evolution and star-formation histories of the post-starburst (PSB) regions within 45 local post-starburst gala…