Metallicity gradients in disks

2012208 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

K. Pilkington · Saint Mary's University

C. G. Few · Saint Mary's University

B. K. Gibson · University of Lancashire

F. Calura · University of Lancashire

L. Michel-Dansac · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Robert J. Thacker · Saint Mary's University

M. Mollá ·

Abstract

Aims. We examine radial and vertical metallicity gradients using a suite of disk galaxy hydrodynamical simulations, supplemented with two classic chemical evolution approaches. We determine the rate of change of gradient slope and reconcile the differences existing between extant models and observations within the canonical “inside-out” disk growth paradigm.

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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 540, pp. A56-A56

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117466

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