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 …

The MOSDEF Survey: The Evolution of the Mass–Metallicity Relation from z= 0 to z∼ 3.3

RL Sanders, AE Shapley, T Jones… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the evolution of galaxy gas-phase metallicity (O/H) over the range z= 0–3.3
using samples of∼ 300 galaxies at z∼ 2.3 and∼ 150 galaxies at z∼ 3.3 from the MOSDEF …

The effect of the metallicity-specific star formation history on double compact object mergers

CJ Neijssel, A Vigna-Gómez… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the impact of uncertainty in the metallicity-specific star formation rate over
cosmic time on predictions of the rates and masses of double compact object mergers …

Wet compaction to a blue nugget: a critical phase in galaxy evolution

S Lapiner, A Dekel, J Freundlich… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We utilize high-resolution cosmological simulations to reveal that high-redshift galaxies tend
to undergo a robust 'wet compaction'event when near a 'golden'stellar mass of. This is a …

Rapid stellar and binary population synthesis with COMPAS

T Compas, J Riley, P Agrawal, JW Barrett… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Compact Object Mergers: Population Astrophysics and Statistics (COMPAS;
https://compas. science) is a public rapid binary population synthesis code. COMPAS …

Merging binary black holes formed through chemically homogeneous evolution in short-period stellar binaries

I Mandel, SE De Mink - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We explore a newly proposed channel to create binary black holes of stellar origin. This
scenario applies to massive, tight binaries where mixing induced by rotation and tides …

Strangulation as the primary mechanism for shutting down star formation in galaxies

Y Peng, R Maiolino, R Cochrane - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Local galaxies are broadly divided into two main classes, star-forming (gas-rich) and
quiescent (passive and gas-poor). The primary mechanism responsible for quenching star …

Physical models of galaxy formation in a cosmological framework

RS Somerville, R Davé - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Modeling galaxy formation in a cosmological context presents one of the greatest
challenges in astrophysics today due to the vast range of scales and numerous physical …

Impact of massive binary star and cosmic evolution on gravitational wave observations I: black hole–neutron star mergers

FS Broekgaarden, E Berger, CJ Neijssel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Mergers of black hole–neutron star (BHNS) binaries have now been observed by
gravitational wave (GW) detectors with the recent announcement of GW200105 and …