Peering beyond IRAS: The 100 to 350 micron dust emission from galaxies

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Cosmic Dust, Emittance, Energy Budgets, Far Infrared Radiation, Galactic Radiation, Galaxies, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Luminosity, Neutral Gases, Photometry, Balance, Continuums, Cores, Surveys

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Several arguments can be made to study the continuum emission from dust in galaxies at wavelengths between the cutoff of the Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) survey (about 100 microns) and the shortest wavelength that is commonly accessible from the ground (about 350 microns). Some theoretical work (see the summary by Cox and Mezger 1989) indicates that there are very cool (Td less than or equal to 25 K) components to the dust emission that emit primarily at wavelengths between 100 and 250 microns. In fact, a significant fraction of the total luminosity, representing a large fraction of the dust mass in some types of galaxies, is emitted at long far-infrared wavelengths. In such cases, the cool dust must play a major role in regulation of the energy balance of the Interstellar Medium (ISM) and in shielding the cores of neutral clouds.

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