Dust and Metallicity across local Galaxies
Abstract
The gas-phase metallicity is one of the key insights we have into measuring the chemical feedback of stars in galaxies, yet remains difficult to correctly determine. However, there is a close relation between gas-phase metals and dust in the ISM, which can give us insight into the correct metallicity in galaxies. Here I will present recent work on metallicity gradients in galaxies, and how we can measure the global metallicity and the radial gradients in nearby galaxies using dust, through the dust-to-gas ratio.
- Publication:
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IAU Focus Meeting
- Pub Date:
- 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921316004774
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUFM..29B.176G
- Keywords:
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- ISM: Dust;
- ISM:abundances;
- Galaxies