Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1994-10-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
1994, invited review to be published in the Proc. of the Internatinal Conf. "Dust, Molecules and Backgrounds: from Laboratory
Scientific paper
10.1016/0032-0633(95)00060-I
Current limits on the intensity of the extragalactic infrared background are consistent with the expected contribution from evolving galaxies. Depending on the behaviour of the star formation rate and of the initial mass function, we can expect that dust extinction during early evolutionary phases ranges from moderate to strong. An example of the latter case may be the ultraluminous galaxy IRAS F$10214 + 4724$. The remarkable lack of high redshift galaxies in faint optically selected samples may be indirect evidence that strong extinction is common during early phases. Testable implications of different scenarios are discussed; ISO can play a key role in this context. Estimates of possible contributions of galaxies to the background under different assumptions are presented. The COBE/FIRAS limits on deviations from a blackbody spectrum at sub-mm wavelengths already set important constraints on the evolution of the far-IR emission of galaxies and on the density of obscured (``Type 2'') AGNs. A major progress in the field is expected at the completion of the analysis of COBE/DIRBE data.
Danese Lugi
de Zotti Gianfranco
Franceschini Alberto
Mazzei Paola
Toffolatti Luigi
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