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Global Evolution Models and the Extragalactic Background Light

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

S. Michael Fall
S. Michael Fall*
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Abstract

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This article outlines a method to interpret the extragalactic background light in terms of the large-scale, average properties of galaxies, including the comoving densities of stars and interstellar gas, metals, and dust. These quantities are related by a series of coupled conservation-type equations analogous to the equations of galactic chemical evolution. This approach enables us to combine observations of the emission and absorption in galaxies and thus to relate their average stellar and interstellar contents. Applications of the method include predictions of the global history of star formation from absorption-line observations and corrections to the cosmic UV emissivity for absorption by dust.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 204: The Extragalactic Infrared Background and its Cosmological Implication , 2001 , pp. 401 - 412
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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