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Investigations of dust heating in M81, M83 and NGC 2403 with Herschel and Spitzer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2012

George J. Bendo
George J. Bendo
Affiliation:
UK ALMA Regional Centre Node, Jodrell Bank Centre for AstrophysicsSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of ManchesterOxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We use Herschel Space Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope 70-500 μm data along with ground-based optical and near-infrared data to understand how dust heating in the nearby face-on spiral galaxies M81, M83, and NGC 2403 is affected by the starlight from all stars and by the radiation from star-forming regions. We find that 70/160 μm flux density ratios tend to be more strongly influenced by star-forming regions. However, the 250/350 and 350/500 μm micron flux density ratios are more strongly affected by the light from the total stellar populations, suggesting that the dust emission at > 250 μm originates predominantly from a component that is colder than the dust seen at <160 μm and that is relatively unaffected by star formation activity. We conclude by discussing the implications of this for modelling the spectral energy distributions of both nearby and more distant galaxies and for using far-infrared dust emission to trace star formation.

Keywords

galaxies: ISMinfrared: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S284: The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies , September 2011 , pp. 97 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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