Hot and Cold Dust near H II Regions

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Jul 2011

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The Astronomical Journal, Volume 142, Issue 1, article id. 4 (2011).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Dust, Extinction, H Ii Regions, Infrared: Ism, Ism: Clouds, Stars: Formation, Submillimeter: Ism

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We estimate the mass, temperature, and luminosity of the hot (>=100 K), cool (20-40 K), and cold (<=20 K) dust in the environs of Galactic H II regions using Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and Submillimeter Common User Bolometric Array (SCUBA) data. A total of 83 clouds have been examined using IRAS data. A two-component model spectral energy distribution (SED) of hot and cool dust is used to fit the IRAS data. All of the SEDs use a graphite/silicate mix of grains in an MRN distribution. A three-component model SED is fitted to combined SCUBA and IRAS data for 15 clouds near H II regions to measure the cold dust component. Surprisingly, the ratio of the bolometric luminosity of the cool dust to the hot dust appears to be the same (2.8) in virtually all objects. The cool dust has typically four-five orders of magnitude greater mass than the hot dust. However, the mass in cold dust is much greater than the mass in cool and hot dust. We also find some evidence for a relationship between the cool and cold dust masses. These results may prove useful for using IR observations for estimating gas masses in extragalactic systems with active high-mass star formation.

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