SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust

J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros; L. Armus; M. Baes; J. Bernard-Salas; A. D. Bolatto; J. Braine; L. Ciesla; I. De Looze; E. Egami; J. Fischer; M. Giard; E. González-Alfonso; G. L. Granato; C. Gruppioni; M. Imanishi; D. Ishihara; H. Kaneda; S. Madden; M. Malkan; H. Matsuhara; M. Matsuura; T. Nagao; F. Najarro; T. Nakagawa; T. Onaka; S. Oyabu; M. Pereira-Santaella; I. Pérez Fournon; P. Roelfsema; P. Santini; L. Silva; J. D.T. Smith; L. Spinoglio; F. Van Der Tak; T. Wada; R. Wu

doi:10.1017/pasa.2017.43

SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust

J. A. Fernández-Ontiveros, L. Armus, M. Baes, J. Bernard-Salas, A. D. Bolatto, J. Braine, L. Ciesla, I. De Looze, E. Egami, J. Fischer, M. Giard, E. González-Alfonso, G. L. Granato, C. Gruppioni, M. Imanishi, D. Ishihara, H. Kaneda, S. Madden, M. Malkan, H. MatsuharaM. Matsuura, T. Nagao, F. Najarro, T. Nakagawa, T. Onaka, S. Oyabu, M. Pereira-Santaella, I. Pérez Fournon, P. Roelfsema, P. Santini, L. Silva, J. D.T. Smith, L. Spinoglio, F. Van Der Tak, T. Wada, R. Wu

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The physical processes driving the chemical evolution of galaxies in the last ~11 Gyr cannot be understood without directly probing the dust-obscured phase of star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei. This phase, hidden to optical tracers, represents the bulk of the star formation and black hole accretion activity in galaxies at 1 < z < 3. Spectroscopic observations with a cryogenic infrared observatory like SPICA, will be sensitive enough to peer through the dust-obscured regions of galaxies and access the rest-frame mid- to far-infrared range in galaxies at high-z. This wavelength range contains a unique suite of spectral lines and dust features that serve as proxies for the abundances of heavy elements and the dust composition, providing tracers with a feeble response to both extinction and temperature. In this work, we investigate how SPICA observations could be exploited to understand key aspects in the chemical evolution of galaxies: the assembly of nearby galaxies based on the spatial distribution of heavy element abundances, the global content of metals in galaxies reaching the knee of the luminosity function up to z ~ 3, and the dust composition of galaxies at high-z. Possible synergies with facilities available in the late 2020s are also discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e053
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Volume	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2017.43
State	Published - 2017

Keywords

Galaxies: active
galaxies: evolution
galaxies: starburst
infrared: galaxies
techniques: spectroscopic telescopes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Fernández-Ontiveros, J. A., Armus, L., Baes, M., Bernard-Salas, J., Bolatto, A. D., Braine, J., Ciesla, L., De Looze, I., Egami, E., Fischer, J., Giard, M., González-Alfonso, E., Granato, G. L., Gruppioni, C., Imanishi, M., Ishihara, D., Kaneda, H., Madden, S., Malkan, M., ... Wu, R. (2017). SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 34, Article e053. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2017.43

Fernández-Ontiveros, JA, Armus, L, Baes, M, Bernard-Salas, J, Bolatto, AD, Braine, J, Ciesla, L, De Looze, I, Egami, E, Fischer, J, Giard, M, González-Alfonso, E, Granato, GL, Gruppioni, C, Imanishi, M, Ishihara, D, Kaneda, H, Madden, S, Malkan, M, Matsuhara, H, Matsuura, M, Nagao, T, Najarro, F, Nakagawa, T, Onaka, T, Oyabu, S, Pereira-Santaella, M, Fournon, IP, Roelfsema, P, Santini, P, Silva, L, Smith, JDT, Spinoglio, L, Van Der Tak, F, Wada, T & Wu, R 2017, 'SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 34, e053. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2017.43

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