Dust emissivity in the far-infrared [Letter]

Bianchi, S., Davies, Jonathan Ivor and Alton, P. B. 1999. Dust emissivity in the far-infrared [Letter]. Astronomy & Astrophysics 344 (1) , L1-L4.

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Abstract

We have derived the dust emissivity in the Far-Infrared (FIR) using data available in the literature. We use two wavelength dependences derived from spectra of Galactic FIR emission (Reach et al. 1995). A value for the emissivity, normalised to the extinction efficiency in the V band, has been retrieved from maps of Galactic FIR emission, dust temperature and extinction (Schlegel et al. 1998). Our results are similar to other measurements in the Galaxy but only marginally consistent with the widely quoted values of Hildebrand (1983) derived on one reflection nebula. The discrepancy with measurements on other reflection nebulae (Casey 1991) is higher and suggests a different grain composition in these environments with respect to the diffuse interstellar medium. We measure dust masses for a sample of six spiral galaxies with FIR observations and obtain gas-to-dust ratios close to the Galactic value.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ISM: dust, extinction – infrared: ISM: continuum – infrared: galaxies
Additional Information:	Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0004-6361/ (accessed 16/04/2014)
Publisher:	EDP Sciences
ISSN:	1432-0746
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	21 May 2023 10:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/38305

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