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The identification of dust heating mechanisms in nearby galaxies using Herschel 160/250 and 250/350 $m surface brightness ratios

Authors :
Luca Cortese
Maarten Baes
Jacopo Fritz
Asantha Cooray
Gianfranco Gentile
I. De Looze
Ciro Pappalardo
S. di Serego Alighieri
Thomas M. Hughes
Simone Bianchi
Matthew Smith
Luigi Spinoglio
George J. Bendo
Alessandro Boselli
Sébastien Viaene
Catherine Vlahakis
Médéric Boquien
Nanyao Y. Lu
Physics
Astrophysics
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Group
Sterrenkundig Observatorium
Universiteit Gent
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA)
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112))
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Department of Astronomy
University of Massachusetts System (UMASS)
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM)
Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (STECF)
Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Cardiff University
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - INAF (IAPS)
Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT)
Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112))
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)
Vrije Universiteit [Brussels] (VUB)
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P-Oxford Open Option A, 2015, 448 (1), pp.135--167. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stu1841⟩, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015, 448 (1), pp.135--167. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stu1841⟩, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, 2015.

Abstract

We examined variations in the 160/250 and 250/350 micron surface brightness ratios within 24 nearby (=250 microns (and sometimes at >=160 microns) originates from dust heated by the older stellar population. In the rest of the sample, either the results are indeterminate or both of these stellar populations may contribute equally to the global dust heating. The observed variations in dust heating mechanisms does not necessarily match what has been predicted by dust emission and radiative transfer models, which could lead to overestimated dust temperatures, underestimated dust masses, false detections of variability in dust emissivity, and inaccurate star formation rate measurements.<br />Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13652966 and 00358711
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P-Oxford Open Option A, 2015, 448 (1), pp.135--167. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stu1841⟩, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015, 448 (1), pp.135--167. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stu1841⟩, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....392446a2826e6120e05b9c19163006fa
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1841⟩