Inflow-driven galaxy evolution - II: A hierarchy in the scaling relations of star-forming galaxies

arXiv:2610.12394 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-10-08 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-08

Updated: 2026-10-08

Terminology

• Metallicity — 97× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Anti-correlation — 5× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• AGN — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• AGN Feedback — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 3× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Star Formation Efficiency (SFE) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Star Formation Rate (SFR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Unified Framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• The Mass Dependence of the Fundamental Metallicity Relation in Observations and Simulations
• The Galaxy Stellar Mass-SFR-Size Relation in EAGLE, TNG100, and Observations
• The JADES Mass-Metallicity and Fundamental Metallicity Relations at $z\gtrsim2$ Using New High-Redshift Metallicity Calibrations
• The evolution of the sizes and angular momentum content of galaxies in the COLIBRE simulations
• The evolution of the galaxy gas-phase mass-metallicity relation from z=15 to z=0 in the COLIBRE cosmological simulations
• Forged in Quenching: Morphological Transformation across Star-forming and Quiescent Galaxies in EAGLE
• Inflow-driven galaxy evolution - I. Revealing the physics of the fundamental metallicity relation

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