Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-05-22
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.370:1454-1478,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
28 pages, 23 figures and 1 table. Accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10573.x
In this paper, we present spectrophotometric models for galaxies of different morphological type whose spectral energy distributions (SEDs) take into account the effect of dust in absorbing UV-optical light and re-emitting it in the infrared (IR). The models contain three main components: (i) the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) composed of gas and dust, (ii) the large complexes of molecular clouds (MCs) in which new stars are formed and (iii) the stars of any age and chemical composition. The galaxy models stand on a robust model of chemical evolution taylored in such a way to match the gross properties of galaxies of different morphological type. A simple geometrical model is adopted for each type of galaxy. The total gas and star mass provided by the chemical model are distributed over the whole volume by means of suitable density profiles, one for each component and depending on the galaxy type (spheroidal, disk and disk plus bulge). The galaxy is then split in suitable volume elements to each of which the appropriate amounts of stars, MCs and ISM are assigned. We derive the SEDs of galaxies of different morphological type. First the the basic relations driving the interaction between the physical components of the galaxy are presented. Second, the main parameters are examined and their effects on the SED of three prototype galaxies (a disk, an elliptical and a starburster) are highlighted. The final part of the paper is devoted to assess the ability of our galaxy models in reproducing the SEDs of a few real galaxies of the Local Universe.
Chiosi Cesare
Piovan Lorenzo
Tantalo Rosaria
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