The role of cold gas and environment on the stellar mass-metallicity relation of nearby galaxies
@article{Hughes2013TheRO, title={The role of cold gas and environment on the stellar mass-metallicity relation of nearby galaxies}, author={Thomas M. Hughes and Luca Cortese and Alessandro Boselli and Giuseppe Gavazzi and Jonathan Ivor Davies}, journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics}, year={2013}, volume={550}, pages={1-15} }
We investigate the relationship between stellar mass, metallicity and gas content for a magnitude- and volume-limited sample of 260 nearby late-type galaxies in different environments, from isolated galaxies to Virgo cluster members. We derive oxygen abundance estimates using new integrated, drift-scan optical spectroscopy and the base metallicity calibrations of Kewley & Ellison (2008, ApJ, 681, 1183). Combining these measurements with ultraviolet to near-infrared photometry and Hi 21 cm line…
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