Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-05-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
Accepted for A&A Herschel special issue. 1 table, 3 figures
Scientific paper
Using the 3.5-m Herschel Space Observatory, imaging photometry of Cas A has been obtained in six bands between 70 um and 500 um with the PACS and SPIRE instruments, with angular resolutions ranging from 6 to 37". In the outer regions of the remnant the 70-um PACS image resembles the 24-um image Spitzer image, with the emission attributed to the same warm dust component, located in the reverse shock region. At longer wavelengths, the three SPIRE bands are increasingly dominated by emission from cold interstellar dust knots and filaments, particularly across the central, western and southern parts of the remnant. Nonthermal emission from the northern part of the remnant becomes prominent at 500 um. We have estimated and subtracted the contributions from the nonthermal, warm dust and cold interstellar dust components. We confirm and resolve for the first time a cool (~35 K) dust component, emitting at 70-160 um, that is located interior to the reverse shock region, with an estimated mass of 0.075 Msun.
Barlow Michael J.
Besel Marc-André
Dunne Loretta.
Gear Walter K.
Gomez Haley L.
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