%0 Generic %1 fernandezontiveros2017spica %A Fernández-Ontiveros, J. A. %A Armus, L. %A Baes, M. %A Bernard-Salas, J. %A Bolatto, A. D. %A Braine, J. %A Ciesla, L. %A De Looze, I. %A Egami, E. %A Fischer, J. %A Giard, M. %A González-Alfonso, E. %A Granato, G. L. %A Gruppioni, C. %A Imanishi, M. %A Ishihara, D. %A Kaneda, H. %A Madden, S. %A Malkan, M. %A Matsuhara, H. %A Matsuura, M. %A Nagao, T. %A Najarro, F. %A Nakagawa, T. %A Onaka, T. %A Oyabu, S. %A Pereira-Santaella, M. %A Fournon, I. Pérez %A Roelfsema, P. %A Santini, P. %A Silva, L. %A Smith, J. D. T. %A Spinoglio, L. %A van der Tak, F. %A Wada, T. %A Wu, R. %D 2017 %K dust metal observation spica %T SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.02150 %X 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 star formation and black hole accretion activity in galaxies at $1 < z < 3$. Spectroscopic observations with a cryogenic infrared (IR) observatory like SPICA will be sensitive enough to peer through the dust-obscured regions of galaxies and access the rest-frame mid- to far-IR 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.

@misc{fernandezontiveros2017spica, abstract = {The physical processes driving the chemical evolution of galaxies in the last $\sim 11\, \rm{Gyr}$ 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 star formation and black hole accretion activity in galaxies at $1 < z < 3$. Spectroscopic observations with a cryogenic infrared (IR) observatory like SPICA will be sensitive enough to peer through the dust-obscured regions of galaxies and access the rest-frame mid- to far-IR 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 $z \sim 3$, and the dust composition of galaxies at high-$z$. Possible synergies with facilities available in the late 2020s are also discussed.}, added-at = {2017-10-09T10:08:18.000+0200}, author = {Fernández-Ontiveros, J. A. and Armus, L. and Baes, M. and Bernard-Salas, J. and Bolatto, A. D. and Braine, J. and Ciesla, L. and De Looze, I. and Egami, E. and Fischer, J. and Giard, M. and González-Alfonso, E. and Granato, G. L. and Gruppioni, C. and Imanishi, M. and Ishihara, D. and Kaneda, H. and Madden, S. and Malkan, M. and Matsuhara, H. and Matsuura, M. and Nagao, T. and Najarro, F. and Nakagawa, T. and Onaka, T. and Oyabu, S. and Pereira-Santaella, M. and Fournon, I. Pérez and Roelfsema, P. and Santini, P. and Silva, L. and Smith, J. D. T. and Spinoglio, L. and van der Tak, F. and Wada, T. and Wu, R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d5bd2191f82bb751d1549800369c9369/miki}, description = {[1710.02150] SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust}, interhash = {746acd961615fa8a52574d97582abe71}, intrahash = {d5bd2191f82bb751d1549800369c9369}, keywords = {dust metal observation spica}, note = {cite arxiv:1710.02150Comment: In press. This paper belongs to the "SPICA Special Issue" on PASA}, timestamp = {2017-10-09T10:08:18.000+0200}, title = {SPICA and the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: The Rise of Metals and Dust}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.02150}, year = 2017 }