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A detailed dust energy balance study of the Sombrero galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2012

Ilse De Looze ,
Maarten Baes ,
Jacopo Fritz ,
Gianfranco Gentile  and
Joris Verstappen
Ilse De Looze
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Sterrenkundig Observatorium Krijgslaan 281, S9, 9000 Gent email: [email protected]
Maarten Baes
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Sterrenkundig Observatorium Krijgslaan 281, S9, 9000 Gent email: [email protected]
Jacopo Fritz
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Sterrenkundig Observatorium Krijgslaan 281, S9, 9000 Gent email: [email protected]
Gianfranco Gentile
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Sterrenkundig Observatorium Krijgslaan 281, S9, 9000 Gent email: [email protected]
Joris Verstappen
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Sterrenkundig Observatorium Krijgslaan 281, S9, 9000 Gent email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The Sombrero galaxy (M104) is an interesting object for a dust energy balance study due to its very symmetric dust lane, its proximity and its (nearly edge-on) inclination of 84°. From a panchromatic radiative transfer analysis, including scattering, absorption and thermal dust re-emission, we construct a standard model for M104 accounting for observations in the optical wave bands (stellar SED, images and extinction profiles in the V and RC band). This standard model underestimates the observed dust emission at infrared wavelengths by a factor of ~ 3, similar to the discrepancy found in other energy balance studies of edge-on spirals. Supplementing this standard model with a young stellar component of low star formation activity in both the inner disk (SFR ~ 0.21 M⊙ yr−1) and dust ring (SFR ~ 0.05 M⊙ yr−1), we are capable of solving the discrepancy in the dust energy budget of the Sombrero galaxy at wavelengths shortwards of 100 μm. To account for the remaining discrepancy at longer wavelengths, we propose a secondary dust component distributed in quiescent clumps. This model with a clumpy dust structure predicts three-quarters of the total dust content to reside in compact dust clouds with no associated embedded sources.

Keywords

radiative transfer – ISM: dustextinction – galaxies: M104
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S284: The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies , September 2011 , pp. 92 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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