Computer Science
Scientific paper
May 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006sptz.prop30183j&link_type=abstract
Spitzer Proposal ID #30183
Computer Science
Scientific paper
We propose to develop a radiative-transfer model which can create panchromatic simulated observations from hydrodynamic simulations. With such a model it will be possible to make detailed predictions of Spitzer observations such as IRAC/MIPS fluxes and IRS spectra. The model, which will be based on a new Monte-Carlo implementation enabling unprecedented spectral resolution, will include a photoionization model of star-forming regions, PAH emission and dust-induced infrared spectral features like silicate absorption. We will then use this model in our ongoing program of simulating interacting and merging galaxies and generate a public library of IR images and spectra which can be compared directly to Spitzer observations of interacting galaxies. The particular strength of these simulations is the inherent connection between the dynamical state of the galaxies, such as morphology and star-formation rate, and the predicted infrared luminosities, colors and spectral features. Using these outputs, we will investigate whether observed IR-luminous galaxies at redshifts around 1, as observed in recent deep redshift surveys, and galaxies at higher redshift, as seen by SCUBA, are merger-driven starbursts.
Cox Theodore J.
Groves Brent
Jonsson Patrik
Lotz Jennifer
Primack Joel
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