Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987nascp2466...21p&link_type=abstract
Star formation in galaxies, Proceedings of a conference at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, June 16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Diffuse Radiation, Dust, Emission Spectra, Galaxies, Infrared Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, Stellar Color, Color-Color Diagram, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Interstellar Radiation, Temperature Distribution
Scientific paper
A quantitative analysis of Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) data in the galactic plane shows that: about 66% of the power radiated in the 100 micron band comes from the diffuse medium, the other 33% coming from well identified luminous sources. The diffuse emission has almost constant colors throughout the Galaxy, similar to the local cirrus colors. The sources have a much lower 12 micron/25 micron and a much high 60 micron/100 micron emission ratio than the diffuse component, giving a very striking anticorrelation in the color-color diagrams. The separation between one narrow and a second broader component shows that the molecular component does not provide much more than one half of the diffuse emission in the molecular ring: this implies a 4 pi nuI(nu) emissivity at 100 microns for the atomic component of about 2.4 x 10 to the minus 30th watts per H atom, 10 times higher than the emissivity of the molecular component at the same galactocentric radius. The atomic component emissivity measures the interstellar radiation field density. The temperature distribution of the 2 components is discussed comparing IRAS data with measures of the 900 micron emission of the galactic plane, which appears to be dominated by cold dust in the narrow component.
Boulanger Francois
Falgarone Edith
Pérault Michel
Puget Jean-Loop
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