Portrait of a Galaxy on FIRE: Is the $\hat{I}\pm$-bimodality a natural consequence of inside-out disc growth in a hierarchical formation scenario?

María Benito, Annaliina Aavik, Giuseppina Battaglia +7

The chemical dichotomy in the [$\hat{I}\pm$/Fe]-[Fe/H] plane is a consequence of the complex processes underlying the formation and evolution of disc galaxies such as observed in the stell…