The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies III. IRAS data and infrared diagnostics

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2006-10-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0610784v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted by A&A, 18 pages, 14 figures. Data of tables 2 and 3 can be obtained from www.iaa.es/AMIGA.html

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20066144

We describe the mid- (MIR) and far- (FIR) infrared properties of a large ($\sim$1000) sample of the most isolated galaxies in the local Universe. This sample is intended as a ``nurture-free'' zero point against which more environmentally influenced samples can be compared. We reprocess IRAS MIR/FIR survey data using the ADDSCAN/SCANPI utility for 1030 out of 1050 galaxies from the Catalogue of Isolated Galaxies (CIG) as part of the AMIGA project. We focus on diagnostics (FIR luminosity $L_{FIR}$, $R=\log(L_{FIR}/L_{B})$ and IRAS colours) thought to be sensitive to effects of environment or interaction. The distribution of $\log(L_{FIR})$ is sharply peaked from 9.0--10.5 with very few ($<$2%) galaxies above 10.5. The optically normalised luminosity diagnostic $R= \log(L_{FIR}/L_{B})$ shows a distribution sharply peaked between 0.0 and $-$1.0. These results were compared to the magnitude limited CfA sample that was selected without environmental discrimination. This modestly (e.g. compared to cluster, binary galaxy and compact group samples) environmentally affected sample shows significantly higher mean $\log(L_{FIR})$ and $R$, whereas the mean $\log(L_{B})$ is the same. Our sample shows a strong $L_{FIR}$ vs. $L_{B}$ correlation, with a slope steeper than one ($L_{FIR} \propto L_{B}^{1.41}$). Interacting galaxies were found above this correlation, showing an enhancement in $L_{FIR}$. With respect to the IRAS colours, we found higher $F_{60}/F_{100}$ value for ellipticals and late-type galaxies than for spirals, indicating a higher dust temperature. The results indicate that the FIR emission is a variable enhanced by interaction, and that our sample probably shows the lowest possible mean value. This attests to the utility of our sample for defining a nurture-free zero point.

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