Accretion, radial flows and abundance gradients in spiral galaxies

The metal-poor gas continuously accreting on to the discs of spiral galaxies is unlikely to arrive from the intergalactic medium (IGM) with exactly the same rotation velocity as the galaxy itself and even a small angular momentum mismatch inevitably drives radial gas flows within the disc, with sign...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pezzulli, G, Fraternali, F
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2016