Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-06-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, LaTeX (aasms4.sty), 2 figures; ApJ Letters, accepted, June 5th
Scientific paper
10.1086/310212
We present results from Monte Carlo simulations describing the radiation transfer of $H\alpha$ line emission, produced both by HII regions in the disk and in the diffuse ionized gas (DIG), through the dust layer of the galaxy NGC891. This allows us to calculate the amount of light originating in the HII regions of the disk and scattered by dust at high $z$, and compare it with the emission produced by recombinations in the DIG. The cuts of photometric and polarimetric maps along the $z$-axis show that scattered light from HII regions is still 10\% of that of the DIG at $z\sim 600$~pc, whereas the the degree of linear polarization is small ($<1$\%). The importance of these results for the determination of intrinsic emission line ratios is emphasized, and the significance and possible implications of dust at high $z$ are discussed.
Bianchi Simone
Dettmar Ralf-Juergen
Ferrara Andrea
Giovanardi Carlo
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