We study the mass-metallicity relation of galactic systems with stellar masses larger than 109 M⊙ h-1 in A cold dark matter scenarios by using chemical hydrodynamical simulations. We find that this relation arises naturally as a consequence of the formation of the structure in a hierarchical scenario. The hierarchical building-up of the structure determines a characteristic stellar mass at Mc ≈ 1010.2 M⊙ h-1 which exhibits approximately solar metallicities from z ≈ 3 to z ≈ 0. This characteristic mass separates galactic systems into two groups with massive ones forming most of their stars and metals at high redshift. We find evolution in the zero point and slope of the mass-metallicity relation driven mainly by the low-mass systems which exhibit the larger variations in the chemical properties. Although stellar mass and circular velocity are directly related, the correlation between circular velocity and metallicity shows a larger evolution with redshift because of the combination of chemical evolution and cosmology. The dispersion found in both relations is a function of the stellar mass and reflects the different dynamical history of evolution of the systems. © 2005 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2005 RAS.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Fingerprints of the hierarchical building-up of the structure on the mass-metallicity relation |
Autor: | Tissera, P.B.; De Rossi, M.E.; Scannapieco, C. |
Filiación: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET, Argentina Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, Casilla de Correos 67, Suc. 28, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Palabras clave: | Cosmology: theory; Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Methods: numerical |
Año: | 2005 |
Volumen: | 364 |
Número: | 1 |
Página de inicio: | L38 |
Página de fin: | L41 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2005.00101.x |
Título revista: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters |
Título revista abreviado: | Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Lett |
ISSN: | 17453933 |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_17453933_v364_n1_pL38_Tissera |