Can CCM law properly represent all extinction curves?

Details Can CCM law properly represent all extinction curves? Can CCM law properly represent all extinction curves?

2005-02-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0502480v1

J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 6 (2005) 223-228

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 4 figures, in "Light, dust and chemical evolution", Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Scientific paper

10.1088/1742-6596/6/1/027

We present the analysis of a large sample of lines of sight with extinction curves covering wavelength range from near-infrared (NIR) to ultraviolet (UV). We derive total to selective extinction ratios based on the Cardelli, Clayton and Mathis (1989, CCM) law, which is typically used to fit the extinction data both for diffuse and dense interstellar medium. We conclude that the CCM law is able to fit most of the extinction curves in our sample. We divide the remaining lines of sight with peculiar extinction into two groups according to two main behaviors: a) the optical/IR or/and UV wavelength region cannot be reproduced by the CCM formula; b) the optical/NIR and UV extinction data are best fit by the CCM law with different values of R_V. We present examples of such curves. The study of both types of peculiar cases can help us to learn about the physical processes that affect dust in the interstellar medium, e.g., formation of mantles on the surface of grains, evaporation, growing or shattering.

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