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Record W4407123682 · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2502.00531

Radial Gradients and Intrinsic Scatter in MaNGA Galaxies

2025· preprint· en· W4407123682 on OpenAlexfundno aff
Tathagata Pal, Guy Worthey

Bibliographic record

VenueArXiv.org · 2025
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryOffice of ScienceMax-Planck-Institut für AstronomieUniversity of Colorado BoulderMinistério da Ciência, Tecnologia e InovaçãoUniversity of OxfordYork UniversityLeibniz-GemeinschaftUniversity of Notre DameInstituto de Astrofísica de CanariasCarnegie Mellon UniversityUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoAlfred P. Sloan FoundationUniversity of WashingtonJohns Hopkins UniversityCarnegie Institution of WashingtonUniversity of UtahOhio State UniversityU.S. Department of EnergySmithsonian InstitutionNew Mexico State UniversityUniversity of PortsmouthVanderbilt UniversityYale UniversityMax-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
KeywordsGalaxyPhysicsAstrophysicsPsychology

Abstract

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We derive stellar population parameters and radial gradients within 0.65 $R_e$ for spatially resolved spectra of 2968 early-type galaxies from MaNGA, spanning stellar velocity dispersions ($σ$) of 50--340 km s$^{-1}$. Light-weighted mean age and C, N, Na, Mg, and Fe abundances are obtained by inverting metallicity-composite stellar population models with isochrones that respond in $T_{\mathrm{eff}}$ to individual element abundance changes. Globally, $\log$(age) increases ($\sim$0.53 dex per decade), [Fe/H] declines slightly ($\sim$-0.06 dex per decade), and [X/Fe] for light elements rises (0.19--0.37 dex per decade for $\logσ< 2.0$ but steepens to nearly double slope for $\logσ> 2.0$) with $\logσ$. [Fe/H] peaks at $\logσ\sim 2.0$ and falls on either side. Light-element [X/Fe] anticorrelates with [Fe/H] ($\sim$-0.1 dex per decade). Astrophysical scatter is largest in low-$σ$ galaxies, especially for Fe and N. Internally, age gradients are nearly flat in low-$σ$ galaxies and slightly negative in high-$σ$ systems ($\sim$-0.04 dex per decade). [Fe/H] radial gradients steepen from -0.06 dex per decade to -0.15 dex per decade across $σ$, while light elements (except Na) show $\sim$-0.03 dex per decade gradients. Scatter in gradients peaks in high-$σ$ galaxies, most strongly for Fe ($\sim$0.23 dex), suggesting comparable numbers of inside-out and outside-in formation. A near-zero ($\sim$-0.03) age and light-element gradient plus mild [Fe/H] gradients supports hierarchical merging for ETG evolution. Simulations match the observed age structure, slope change at $\logσ\sim 2.0$, and flat gradients, though they overpredict absolute abundances.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.014
Threshold uncertainty score0.027

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.014
GPT teacher head0.228
Teacher spread0.214 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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