Surface photometry of disk galaxies at 60 and 100 microns - Radial gradients in dust temperature in optically thin disks

Details Surface photometry of disk galaxies at 60 and 100 microns - Radial gradients in dust temperature in optically thin disks Surface photometry of disk galaxies at 60 and 100 microns - Radial gradients in dust temperature in optically thin disks

May 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aj....103.1484b&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 103, no. 5, May 1992, p. 1484-1500. Research supported by NASA.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photometry, Cosmic Dust, Disk Galaxies, Galactic Structure, Astronomical Maps, Charge Coupled Devices, Color-Color Diagram, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Optical Thickness

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Surface, aperture, and grid photometry are performed at 60 and 100 microns for a sample of 28 nearby, large angular size galaxies. The spatial resolution of the data is 0.5-2.0 kpc, which allows for a coarse investigation of predicted radial gradients in physical dust temperature. A model is derived which predicts a drop of 3 K for every optical scale length, and this model agrees well with the data. In addition, for a subsample of 16 galaxies the radial profile at 60 microns is directly compared with that in the B or I band. The model predicts that optically thick disks should have scale lengths a factor of two smaller at 60 microns compared to B. In the optically thin case, the scale lengths are about equal except for the effect of the gradient in dust temperature. Virtually all of the data support the prediction of the optically thin case. Finally, 10 galaxies in the sample have sufficient angular sizes to allow for a coarse 2D spatial mapping of the 60/100 microns flux ratio. These maps clearly reveal that, when present, small amounts of hot dust dominate the emission at 60 microns and effectively mask the existence of a much larger amount of cold dust.

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