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 …

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 …

GASP. I. Gas stripping phenomena in galaxies with MUSE

BM Poggianti, A Moretti, M Gullieuszik… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract GAs Stripping Phenomena in galaxies with MUSE (GASP) is a new integral-field
spectroscopic survey with MUSE at the VLT aimed at studying gas removal processes in …

BAT AGN spectroscopic survey. I. Spectral measurements, derived quantities, and AGN demographics

M Koss, B Trakhtenbrot, C Ricci, I Lamperti… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first catalog and data release of the Swift-BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey.
We analyze optical spectra of the majority of the detected AGNs (77%, 642/836) based on …

The PHANGS–MUSE nebular catalogue

B Groves, K Kreckel, F Santoro… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ionized nebulae provide critical insights into the conditions of the interstellar medium (ISM).
Their bright emission lines enable the measurement of physical properties, such as the gas …

Theoretical evolution of optical strong lines across cosmic time

LJ Kewley, MA Dopita, C Leitherer… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We use the chemical evolution predictions of cosmological hydrodynamic simulations with
our latest theoretical stellar population synthesis, photoionization, and shock models to …

The physical properties of star-forming galaxies in the low-redshift Universe

J Brinchmann, S Charlot, SDM White… - Monthly notices of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
We present a comprehensive study of the physical properties of∼ 105 galaxies with
measurable star formation in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). By comparing physical …

Theoretical modeling of starburst galaxies

LJ Kewley, MA Dopita, RS Sutherland… - The Astrophysical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
We have modeled a large sample of infrared starburst galaxies using both the PEGASE v2.
0 and STARBURST99 codes to generate the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the young …

Dust-corrected star formation rates of galaxies. II. Combinations of ultraviolet and infrared tracers

CN Hao, RC Kennicutt, BD Johnson… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new calibrations of far-ultraviolet (FUV) attenuation as derived from the total
infrared to FUV luminosity ratio (IRX) and the FUV–near-UV (NUV) color. We find that the …

The host galaxies and classification of active galactic nuclei

LJ Kewley, B Groves, G Kauffmann… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We present an analysis of the host properties of 85 224 emission-line galaxies selected from
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We show that Seyferts and low-ionization narrow emission-line …