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The influence of a top-heavy integrated galactic IMF and dust on the chemical evolution of high-redshift starbursts (2020)
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Palla, M., Calura, F., Matteucci, F., Fan, X. L., Vincenzo, F., & Lacchin, E. (2020). The influence of a top-heavy integrated galactic IMF and dust on the chemical evolution of high-redshift starbursts. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(2), 2355-2373. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa848

We study the effects of the integrated galactic initial mass function (IGIMF) and dust evolution on the abundance patterns of high redshift starburst galaxies. In our chemical models, the rapid collapse of gas clouds triggers an intense and rapid sta... Read More about The influence of a top-heavy integrated galactic IMF and dust on the chemical evolution of high-redshift starbursts.

Chemical evolution of ultrafaint dwarf galaxies: testing the IGIMF (2020)
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Lacchin, E., Matteucci, F., Vincenzo, F., & Palla, M. (2020). Chemical evolution of ultrafaint dwarf galaxies: testing the IGIMF. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(3), 3276-3294. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa585

We test the integrated galactic initial mass function (IGIMF) on the chemical evolution of 16 ultrafaint dwarf (UFD) galaxies discussing in detail the results obtained for three of them: Boötes I, Boötes II, and Canes Venatici I, taken as prototypes... Read More about Chemical evolution of ultrafaint dwarf galaxies: testing the IGIMF.

Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi (2020)
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Chaplin, W. J., Serenelli, A. M., Miglio, A., Morel, T., Mackereth, J. T., Vincenzo, F., …Yıldız, M. (2020). Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi. Nature Astronomy, 4(4), 382-389. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0975-9

Over the course of its history, the Milky Way has ingested multiple smaller satellite galaxies1. Although these accreted stellar populations can be forensically identified as kinematically distinct structures within the Galaxy, it is difficult in gen... Read More about Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi.

He abundances in disc galaxies -- I. Predictions from cosmological chemodynamical simulations (2019)
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Vincenzo, F., Miglio, A., Kobayashi, C., Ted Mackereth, J., & Montalban, J. (2019). He abundances in disc galaxies -- I. Predictions from cosmological chemodynamical simulations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 630, Article A125. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935886

We investigate how the stellar and gas-phase He abundances evolve as functions of time within simulated star-forming disc galaxies with different star formation histories. We make use of a cosmological chemodynamical simulation for galaxy formation a... Read More about He abundances in disc galaxies -- I. Predictions from cosmological chemodynamical simulations.

Zoom-in cosmological hydrodynamical simulation of a star-forming barred, spiral galaxy at redshift z=2 (2019)
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Vincenzo, F., Kobayashi, C., & Yuan, T. (2019). Zoom-in cosmological hydrodynamical simulation of a star-forming barred, spiral galaxy at redshift z=2. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(4), 4674–4689. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2065

We present gas and stellar kinematics of a high-resolution zoom-in cosmological chemodynamical simulation, which fortuitously captures the formation and evolution of a star-forming barred spiral galaxy, from redshift $z\sim3$ to $z\sim2$ at the peak... Read More about Zoom-in cosmological hydrodynamical simulation of a star-forming barred, spiral galaxy at redshift z=2.

The Fall of a Giant. Chemical evolution of Enceladus, alias the Gaia Sausage (2019)
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Vincenzo, F., Spitoni, E., Calura, F., Matteucci, F., Silva Aguirre, V., Miglio, A., & Cescutti, G. (2019). The Fall of a Giant. Chemical evolution of Enceladus, alias the Gaia Sausage. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 487(1), L47–L52. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slz070

We present the first chemical evolution model for Enceladus, alias the Gaia Sausage, to investigate the star formation history of one of the most massive satellites accreted by the Milky Way during a major merger event. Our best chemical evolution mo... Read More about The Fall of a Giant. Chemical evolution of Enceladus, alias the Gaia Sausage.

From ‘bathtub’ galaxy evolution models to metallicity gradients (2019)
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Belfiore, F., Vincenzo, F., Maiolino, R., & Matteucci, F. (2019). From ‘bathtub’ galaxy evolution models to metallicity gradients. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(1), 456-474. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1165

We model gas-phase metallicity radial profiles of galaxies in the local Universe by building on the ‘bathtub’ chemical evolution formalism – where a galaxy’s gas content is determined by the interplay between inflow, star formation, and outflows. In... Read More about From ‘bathtub’ galaxy evolution models to metallicity gradients.

Is the IMF in ellipticals bottom-heavy? Clues from their chemical abundances (2018)
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De Masi, C., Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., Rosani, G., La Barbera, F., Pasquali, A., & Spitoni, E. (2019). Is the IMF in ellipticals bottom-heavy? Clues from their chemical abundances. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(2), 2217-2235. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3127

We tested the implementation of different initial mass functions (IMFs) in our model for the chemical evolution of ellipticals, with the aim of reproducing the observed relations of [Fe/H] and [Mg/Fe] abundances with galaxy mass in a sample of early-... Read More about Is the IMF in ellipticals bottom-heavy? Clues from their chemical abundances.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: The N/O abundance ratio in the Milky Way (2018)
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Magrini, L., Vincenzo, F., Randich, S., Pancino, E., Casali, G., Tautvaišienė, G., …Worley, C. (2018). The Gaia-ESO Survey: The N/O abundance ratio in the Milky Way. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 618, Article A102. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833224

Context. The abundance ratio N/O is a useful tool to study the interplay of galactic processes, for example star formation efficiency, timescale of infall, and outflow loading factor. Aims. We aim to trace log(N/O) versus [Fe/H] in the Milky Way and... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: The N/O abundance ratio in the Milky Way.

On the [$\alpha$/Fe]-[Fe/H] relations in early-type galaxies (2018)
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Vincenzo, F., Kobayashi, C., & Taylor, P. (2018). On the [$\alpha$/Fe]-[Fe/H] relations in early-type galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 480(1), L38–L42. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/sly128

We study how the predicted [$\alpha$/Fe]-[Fe/H] relations in early-type galaxies vary as functions of their stellar masses, ages and stellar velocity dispersions, by making use of cosmological chemodynamical simulations with feedback from active gala... Read More about On the [$\alpha$/Fe]-[Fe/H] relations in early-type galaxies.

Evolution of N/O ratios in galaxies from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations (2018)
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Vincenzo, F., & Kobayashi, C. (2018). Evolution of N/O ratios in galaxies from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(1), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1047

We study the redshift evolution of the gas-phase O/H and N/O abundances, both (i) for individual ISM regions within single spatially-resolved galaxies and (ii) when dealing with average abundances in the whole ISM of many unresolved galaxies. We make... Read More about Evolution of N/O ratios in galaxies from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations.

Extragalactic archaeology with the C, N, and O chemical abundances (2018)
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Vincenzo, F., & Kobayashi, C. (2018). Extragalactic archaeology with the C, N, and O chemical abundances. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 610, Article L16. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732395

We predict how the C, N, and O abundances within the interstellar medium of galaxies evolve as functions of the galaxy star formation history (SFH). We adopt a hydrodynamical cosmological simulation, focusing on three star-forming disc galaxies with... Read More about Extragalactic archaeology with the C, N, and O chemical abundances.

The effects of the initial mass function on the chemical evolution of elliptical galaxies (2017)
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De Masi, C., Matteucci, F., & Vincenzo, F. (2018). The effects of the initial mass function on the chemical evolution of elliptical galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(4), 5259-5271. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3044

We describe the use of our chemical evolution model to reproduce the abundance patterns observed in a catalogue of elliptical galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4. The model assumes ellipticals form by fast gas accretion, and suf... Read More about The effects of the initial mass function on the chemical evolution of elliptical galaxies.

New analytical solutions for chemical evolution models: characterizing the population of star-forming and passive galaxies (2017)
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Spitoni, E., Vincenzo, F., & Matteucci, F. (2017). New analytical solutions for chemical evolution models: characterizing the population of star-forming and passive galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 599, Article A6. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629745

Context. Analytical models of chemical evolution, including inflow and outflow of gas, are important tools for studying how the metal content in galaxies evolves as a function of time. Aims. We present new analytical solutions for the evolution of t... Read More about New analytical solutions for chemical evolution models: characterizing the population of star-forming and passive galaxies.

A simple and general method for solving detailed chemical evolution with delayed production of iron and other chemical elements (2016)
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Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., & Spitoni, E. (2017). A simple and general method for solving detailed chemical evolution with delayed production of iron and other chemical elements. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(3), 2939–2947. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3369

We present a theoretical method for solving the chemical evolution of galaxies, by assuming an instantaneous recycling approximation for chemical elements restored by massive stars and the Delay Time Distribution formalism for the delayed chemical en... Read More about A simple and general method for solving detailed chemical evolution with delayed production of iron and other chemical elements.

Lighting up stars in chemical evolution models: the CMD of Sculptor (2016)
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Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., J. L. de Boer, T., Cignoni, M., & Tosi, M. (2016). Lighting up stars in chemical evolution models: the CMD of Sculptor. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(2), 2238–2244. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1145

We present a novel approach to draw the synthetic color-magnitude diagram of galaxies, which can provide - in principle - a deeper insight in the interpretation and understanding of current observations. In particular, we `light up' the stars of chem... Read More about Lighting up stars in chemical evolution models: the CMD of Sculptor.

Nitrogen and oxygen abundances in the Local Universe (2016)
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Vincenzo, F., Belfiore, F., Maiolino, R., Matteucci, F., & Ventura, P. (2016). Nitrogen and oxygen abundances in the Local Universe. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(4), 3466–3477. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw532

We present chemical evolution models aimed at reproducing the observed (N/O) vs. (O/H) abundance pattern of star forming galaxies in the Local Universe. We derive gas-phase abundances from SDSS spectroscopy and a complementary sample of low-metallici... Read More about Nitrogen and oxygen abundances in the Local Universe.

Are ancient dwarf satellites the building blocks of the Galactic halo? (2016)
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Spitoni, E., Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., & Romano, D. (2016). Are ancient dwarf satellites the building blocks of the Galactic halo?. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(3), 2541-2552. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw519

According to the current cosmological cold dark matter paradigm, the Galactic halo could have been the result of the assemblage of smaller structures. Here we explore the hypothesis that the classical and ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal satellites of th... Read More about Are ancient dwarf satellites the building blocks of the Galactic halo?.

Modern yields per stellar generation: the effect of the IMF (2015)
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Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., Belfiore, F., & Maiolino, R. (2016). Modern yields per stellar generation: the effect of the IMF. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(4), 4183–4190. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2598

Gaseous and stellar metallicities in galaxies are nowadays routinely used to constrain the evolutionary processes in galaxies. This requires the knowledge of the average yield per stellar generation, $y_{\text{Z}}$, i.e. the quantity of metals that a... Read More about Modern yields per stellar generation: the effect of the IMF.

The IGIMF and other IMFs in dSphs: the case of Sagittarius (2015)
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Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., Recchi, S., Calura, F., McWilliam, A., & A. Lanfranchi, G. (2015). The IGIMF and other IMFs in dSphs: the case of Sagittarius. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(2), 1327–1339. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv357

We have studied the effects of various initial mass functions (IMFs) on the chemical evolution of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy (Sgr). In particular, we tested the effects of the integrated galactic initial mass function (IGIMF) on various predicted a... Read More about The IGIMF and other IMFs in dSphs: the case of Sagittarius.