@article{8538844,
  abstract     = {{The physical processes driving the chemical evolution of galaxies in the last similar to 11Gyr 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 the star formation and black hole accretion activity in galaxies at 1 < z < 3. Spectroscopic observations with a cryogenic infrared observatory like SPICA, will be sensitive enough to peer through the dust-obscured regions of galaxies and access the rest-frame mid- to far-infrared 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 similar to 3, and the dust composition of galaxies at high-z. Possible synergies with facilities available in the late 2020s are also discussed.}},
  articleno    = {{e053}},
  author       = {{Fernández-Ontiveros, JA and Armus, L and Baes, Maarten and Bernard-Salas, J and Bolatto, AD and Braine, J and Ciesla, L and De Looze, Ilse and Egami, E. and Fischer, J and Giard, M and González-Alfonso, E and Granato, GL 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 Pérez Fournon, I and Roelfsema, P and Santini, P and Silva, L and Smith, J-DT and Spinoglio, L and van der Tak, F and Wada, T and Wu, R}},
  issn         = {{1323-3580}},
  journal      = {{PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA}},
  keywords     = {{galaxies: active,galaxies: evolution,galaxies: starburst,infrared: galaxies,techniques: spectroscopic telescopes,MASS-METALLICITY RELATION,POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS,BLUE COMPACT GALAXIES,STAR-FORMATION RATE,ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES,PRIMORDIAL HELIUM ABUNDANCE,CLOUD HII-REGIONS,H-II REGIONS,INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM,MAGELLANIC-CLOUD}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{15}},
  title        = {{SPICA and the chemical evolution of galaxies : the rise of metals and dust}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2017.43}},
  volume       = {{34}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}

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