The impact of hot mode accretion and angular momentum conservation on metallicity gradients of galactic discs

arXiv:2608.31144 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-31 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-31

Updated: 2026-08-31

Terminology

• Metallicity — 104× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Abundance — 29× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Milky Way — 20× in this paper
• Degeneracy — 5× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Age Gradients — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• AGN — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accretion Flows — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Bayesian Framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Bayesian Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Initial Mass Function (IMF) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo — 1× in this paper
• Momentum transfer — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Stellar Feedback — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The Extended Distribution of Baryons Around Galaxies
• The mass distribution and gravitational potential of the Milky Way
• On radial gas flows, the Galactic Bar and chemical evolution in the Galactic Disc
• The Origin of Exponential Star-forming Disks

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