Observed cosmic evolution of galaxy dust properties with metallicity and tensions with models

The dust abundance of the interstellar medium plays an important role in galaxy physics, chemical evolution matter and absorption re-emission stellar light. last years have seen a surge observational theoretical studies constraining dust-abundance galaxies up to $z\sim5$. In this work we gather latest measurements (with focus on covering metallicities range $6.8 < 12 + \log{(O/H)}<9$) predictions (from six different formation models) for dust-to-gas (DTG) dust-to-metal (DTM) ratio galaxies. observed trend between DTG DTM gas-phase metallicity can be described by linear relation shows no from $0<z<5$. Importantly, fit DTG-metallicity provides refined tool robust dust-based gas mass estimates inferred millimeter dust-continuum observations. lack relations are indicative quickly reached balance (already when Universe was 1.2 Gyr old) destruction constant timescale star-formation at fixed over cosmic time. None models is able reproduce trends entire redshift probed. comparison simulations furthermore rules out some current implementations growth places tight constraints predicted star-formation.