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 …

Understanding galaxy evolution through emission lines

LJ Kewley, DC Nicholls… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
We review the use of emission lines for understanding galaxy evolution, focusing on
excitation source, metallicity, ionization parameter, ISM pressure, and electron density. We …

Host galaxy properties and offset distributions of fast radio bursts: implications for their progenitors

KE Heintz, JX Prochaska, S Simha… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present observations and detailed characterizations of five new host galaxies of fast
radio bursts (FRBs) discovered with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder …

Nebular continuum and line emission in stellar population synthesis models

N Byler, JJ Dalcanton, C Conroy… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Accounting for nebular emission when modeling galaxy spectral energy distributions (SEDs)
is important, as both line and continuum emissions can contribute significantly to the total …

SDSS IV MaNGA–spatially resolved diagnostic diagrams: a proof that many galaxies are LIERs

F Belfiore, R Maiolino, C Maraston… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We study the spatially resolved excitation properties of the ionized gas in a sample of 646
galaxies using integral field spectroscopy data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV Map** …

SDSS-IV MaNGA IFS galaxy survey—Survey design, execution, and initial data quality

R Yan, K Bundy, DR Law, MA Bershady… - The Astronomical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The MaNGA Survey (Map** Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory) is
one of three core programs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV. It is obtaining integral field …

A characteristic oxygen abundance gradient in galaxy disks unveiled with CALIFA

SF Sánchez, FF Rosales-Ortega… - Astronomy & …, 2014 - aanda.org
We present the largest and most homogeneous catalog of H ii regions and associations
compiled so far. The catalog comprises more than 7000 ionized regions, extracted from 306 …

A tale of two DIGs: The relative role of H II regions and low-mass hot evolved stars in powering the diffuse ionised gas (DIG) in PHANGS–MUSE galaxies

F Belfiore, F Santoro, B Groves, E Schinnerer… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We use integral field spectroscopy from the PHANGS–MUSE survey, which resolves the
ionised interstellar medium structure at∼ 50 pc resolution in 19 nearby spiral galaxies, to …

Black hole variability and the star formation–active galactic nucleus connection: do all star-forming galaxies host an active galactic nucleus?

RC Hickox, JR Mullaney, DM Alexander… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the effect of active galactic nucleus (AGN) variability on the observed
connection between star formation and black hole accretion in extragalactic surveys. Recent …

CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey-IV. Third public data release

SF Sánchez, R García-Benito, S Zibetti… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
This paper describes the third public data release (DR3) of the Calar Alto Legacy Integral
Field Area (CALIFA) survey. Science-grade quality data for 667 galaxies are made public …