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Funding for this research was provided by:
Virginia Space Grant Consortium (NA)
National Science Foundation (NSF-AST 2346977)
National Science Foundation (2421782)
Simons Foundation (MPS-AI-00010515)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (JWST-AR-04814)
University of Cambridge (STFC 2742968)
Royal Society (G125142)
Royal Society (URF\R1\251793)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN-2024-06222)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (DGECR-2024-00144)
Article Title: Metallicity Gradients in Modern Cosmological Simulations. II. The Role of Bursty versus Smooth Feedback at High Redshift
Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Publication dates
Date Received: 2025-10-31
Date Accepted: 2026-03-19
Online publication date: 2026-04-16