Evolution of the radial interstellar medium metallicity gradient in the Milky Way disk since redshift ≈3

Context: Recent works have identified a way to recover the time evolution of a galaxy’s disk metallicity gradient from the shape of its age–metallicity relation. However, the success of the method is dependent on how the width of the star-forming region evolves over time, which in turn is dependent...

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Hauptverfasser: Ratcliffe, Bridget (VerfasserIn) , Khoperskov, S. (VerfasserIn) , Minchev, I. (VerfasserIn) , Lee, N. D. (VerfasserIn) , Buck, Tobias (VerfasserIn) , Marques, L. (VerfasserIn) , Bernaldez, J. P. (VerfasserIn) , Lu, L. (VerfasserIn) , Steinmetz, M. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: June 2025
In: Astronomy and astrophysics
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 698, Pages: 1-19
ISSN:1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202452658
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452658
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Verfasserangaben:B. Ratcliffe, S. Khoperskov, I. Minchev, N.D. Lee, T. Buck, L. Marques, J.P. Bernaldez, L. Lu, and M. Steinmetz

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