The impact of early massive mergers on the chemical evolution of Milky Way-like galaxies: insights from NIHAO-UHD simulations
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1503
Abstract: Recent observations of the Milky Way (MW) found an unexpected steepening of the star-forming gas metallicity gradient around the time of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE) merger event. Here we investigate the influence of early ($t_{\rm {merger}}\lesssim… read more here.
Keywords: cold gas; gas; nihao uhd; merger ... See more keywords