Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-09-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
30 pages, 13 figures, Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), November 2010, v723 issue
Scientific paper
We have studied small scale (2 arcmin) spatial variation of the diffuse UV radiation using a set of 11 GALEX deep observations in the constellation of Draco. We find a good correlation between the observed UV background and the IR 100 micron flux, indicating that the dominant contributor of the diffuse background in the field is the scattered starlight from the interstellar dust grains. We also find strong evidence of additional emission in the FUV band which is absent in the NUV band. This is most likely due to Lyman band emission from molecular hydrogen in a ridge of dust running through the field and to line emissions from species such as C IV (1550 A) and Si II (1533 A) in the rest of the field. A strong correlation exists between the FUV/NUV ratio and the FUV intensity in the excess emission regions in the FUV band irrespective of the optical depth of the region. The optical depth increases more rapidly in the UV than the IR and we find that the UV/IR ratio drops off exponentially with increasing IR due to saturation effects in the UV. Using the positional details of Spitzer extragalactic objects, we find that the contribution of extragalactic light in the diffuse NUV background is 49 +/- 13 photon units and is 30 +/- 10 photon units in the FUV band.
Bianchi Luciana
Conn Henry Richard
Murthy Jayant
Sujatha N. V.
Suresh Rahul
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