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Resolving gas-phase metallicity gradients of 0.1 ≲ z ≲ 0.8 galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2020

David Carton*
Affiliation:
Univ Lyon, Univ Lyon1, Ens de Lyon, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, UMR5574, 69230, Saint-Genis-Laval, France email: david.carton@univ-lyon1.fr Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Abstract

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We present gas-phase metallicity gradients of 84 star-forming galaxies between 0.08 < z < 0.84. Using the galaxies with reliably determined metallicity gradients, we measure the median metallicity gradient to be negative ( $\[ - 0.039_{ - 0.009}^{ + 0.007}{\kern 1pt} dex/kpc\]$ ). Underlying this, however, is significant scatter: (8 ± 3)% [7] of galaxies have significantly positive metallicity gradients, (38 ± 5)% [32] have significantly negative gradients, (31 ± 5)% [26] have gradients consistent with being flat. (The remaining (23 ± 5)% [19] have unreliable gradient estimates.)

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2020

References

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