Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-12-04
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.375:640-648,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, accepted for publication on MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11337.x
We analyse the attenuation properties of a sample of UV selected galaxies, with the use of the spectrophotometric model Grasil. In particular, we focus on the relation between dust attenuation and the reddening in the UV spectral region. We show that a realistic modelling of geometrical distribution of dust and of the different population of stars can explain the UV reddening of normal spiral galaxies also with a standard Milky Way dust. Our results clearly underline that it is fundamental to take into account that younger stars suffer a higher attenuation than older stars (the age-dependent extinction) because stars are born in more-than-average dusty environments. In this work we also find that the concentration of young stars on the galactic plane of spirals has a relevant impact on the expected UV colours, impact that has not been explored before this paper. Finally, we discuss the role of IMF in shaping the relation between UV reddening and dust attenuation, and we show that a Kroupa IMF is more consistent with observed data than the classical Salpeter IMF.
Bressan Alberto
Buat Veronique
Granato Gian Luigi
Iglesias-Paramo Jorge
Inoue Akio K.
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