Mapping the dust properties of nearby galaxies with Herschel and LABOCA

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Ism, Dust, Submillimeter, Herschel, Laboca, Sed Model

Scientific paper

We combine Spitzer, Herschel and LABOCA observations from 24 to 870 micron for 11 galaxies of the KINGFISH Herschel Key programme dedicated to the observations of 61 nearby galaxies of various metallicities and levels of star formation activity. We perform a global two-temperature fitting of the Spectral Energy Distributions of the galaxies to study the cold dust properties and probe the variations in the emissivity index of grains inferred by the use of submm data. Using the resolution of Spitzer and Herschel observations, we also produce dust temperature maps of the galaxies and perform a local study of the variations of cold dust properties within the galaxies. We finally build extrapolated maps at 870 micron and compare them with our LABOCA observations. Some of our galaxies exhibit an excess at 870 micron compared to fluxes inferred from the modeling. This excess decreases (and even disappears in some cases) when a lower emissivity index is used, for instance β=1.5 in lieu of the standard value of 2 commonly used in current SED models. The cause for such excess still has to be investigated.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Mapping the dust properties of nearby galaxies with Herschel and LABOCA does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Mapping the dust properties of nearby galaxies with Herschel and LABOCA, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Mapping the dust properties of nearby galaxies with Herschel and LABOCA will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1439337

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.