- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/527/A109
- Title:
- Dust and PAH emission SEDs of disk galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/527/A109
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a self-consistent model of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of spiral galaxies from the ultraviolet (UV) to the mid-infrared (MIR)/far-infrared (FIR)/submillimeter (submm) based on a full radiative transfer calculation of the propagation of starlight in galaxy disks. This model predicts not only the total integrated energy absorbed in the UV/optical and re-emitted in the infrared/submm, but also the colours of the dust emission based on an explicit calculation of the strength and colour of the UV/optical radiation fields heating the dust, and incorporating a full calculation of the stochastic heating of small dust grains and PAH molecules. The geometry of the translucent components of the model is empirically constrained using the results from the radiation transfer analysis of Xilouris et al. on spirals in the middle range of the Hubble sequence, while the geometry of the optically thick components is constrained from physical considerations with a posteriori checks of the model predictions with observational data. These geometrical constraints enable the dust emission to be predicted in terms of a minimum set of free parameters: the central face-on dust opacity in the B-band {tau}^f^_B_, a clumpiness factor F for the star-forming regions, the star-formation rate SFR, the normalised luminosity of the old stellar population old and the bulge-to-disk ratio B/D. The results of the calculations are made available in the form of a large library of simulated dust emission SEDs spanning the whole parameter space of our model, together with the corresponding library of dust attenuation calculated using the same model.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/452/1412
- Title:
- Dust and SSP-stellar parameters of M82
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/452/1412
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use near ultraviolet and optical photometry to investigate the dust properties in the nearby starburst galaxy M82. By combining imaging from the Swift/UVOT instrument and optical data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we derive the extinction curve parametrized by the standard R_V_ factor, and the strength of the NUV 2175 {AA} feature - quantified by a parameter B - out to projected galactocentric distances of 4 kpc. Our analysis is robust against possible degeneracies from the properties of the underlying stellar populations. Both B and R_V_ correlate with galactocentric distance, revealing a systematic trend of the dust properties. Our results confirm previous findings that dust in M82 is better fitted by a Milky Way standard extinction curve, in contrast to a Calzetti law. We find a strong correlation between R_V_ and B, towards a stronger NUV bump in regions with higher R_V_, possibly reflecting a distribution with larger dust grain sizes. The data we use were taken before SN2014J, and therefore can be used to probe the properties of the interstellar medium before the event. Our R_V_ values around the position of the supernova are significantly higher than recent measurements post-SN2014J (R_V_~1.4). This result is consistent with a significant change in the dust properties after the supernova event, either from disruption of large grains or from the contribution by an intrinsic circumstellar component. Intrinsic variations among supernovae not accounted for could also give rise to this mismatch.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/557/A137
- Title:
- Dust effects on photometric parameters in spirals
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/557/A137
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of a study to quantify the effects of dust on the derived photometric parameters of disk and bulges obtained from bulge-disk decomposition: scale-length, effective radius, Sersic index, disk axis-ratio, and bulge-to-disk ratio. The dust induced changes in these parameters were obtained by fitting simulated images of composite systems (containing a disk and a bulge) produced using radiative transfer calculations. The simulations were fitted with the GALFIT 3.0.2 data analysis algorithm. Fits were done with both a combination of an exponential plus a variable- index Sersic function as well as with a combination of two variable-index Sersic functions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/553/A80
- Title:
- Dust effects on photometric parameters in spirals
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/553/A80
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of a study made to quantify the effects of dust on the derived photometric parameters of disks (old and young stellar disks) and bulges: disk scale-lengths, axis-ratios, central surface-brightness, bulge effective radii, and Sersic indices. The changes in the derived photometric parameters from their intrinsic values (as would be seen in the absence of dust) were obtained by fitting simulated images of disks and bulges produced using radiative transfer calculations. The simulations were fitted with the GALFIT 3.0.2 data analysis algorithm and the fitted models were the commonly used infinitely thin disks described by exponential, general Sersic and de Vaucouleurs distributions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/622/A132
- Title:
- Dust emission profiles of DustPedia galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/622/A132
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Most radiative transfer models assume that dust in spiral galaxies is distributed exponentially. In this paper our goal is to verify this assumption by analysing the two-dimensional large-scale distribution of dust in galaxies from the DustPedia sample. For this purpose, we have made use of Herschel imaging in five bands, from 100 to 500um, in which the cold dust constituent is primarily traced and makes up the bulk of the dust mass in spiral galaxies. For a subsample of 320 disc galaxies, we successfully performed a simultaneous fitting with a single Sersic model of the Herschel images in all five bands using the multi-band modelling code GALFITM. We report that the Sersic index n, which characterises the shape of the Sersic profile, lies systematically below 1 in all Herschel bands and is almost constant with wavelength. The average value at 250um is 0.67+/-0.37 (187 galaxies are fitted with n^250^<=0.75, 87 galaxies have 0.75<n^250^<=1.25, and 46 - with n^250^>1.25). Most observed profiles exhibit a depletion in the inner region (at r<0.3-0.4 of the optical radius r25) and are more or less exponential in the outer part. We also find breaks in the dust emission profiles at longer distances (0.5-0.6)r25 which are associated with the breaks in the optical and near-infrared. We assumed that the observed deficit of dust emission in the inner galaxy region is related to the depression in the radial profile of the HI surface density in the same region because the atomic gas reaches high enough surface densities there to be transformed into molecular gas. If a galaxy has a triggered star formation in the inner region (for example, because of a strong bar instability, which transfers the gas inwards to the centre, or a pseudobulge formation), no depletion or even an excess of dust emission in the centre is observed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/800/51
- Title:
- DUSTiNGS II. Metal-poor dusty AGB stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/800/51
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The DUSTiNGS survey (DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer) is a 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m imaging survey of 50 nearby dwarf galaxies designed to identify dust-producing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and massive stars. Using two epochs, spaced approximately six months apart, we identify a total of 526 dusty variable AGB stars (sometimes called "extreme" or x-AGB stars; [3.6]-[4.5]>0.1mag). Of these, 111 are in galaxies with [Fe/H]<-1.5 and 12 are in galaxies with [Fe/H]<-2.0, making them the most metal-poor dust-producing AGB stars known. We compare these identifications to those in the literature and find that most are newly discovered large-amplitude variables, with the exception of {approx}30 stars in NGC185 and NGC147, 1 star in IC1613, and 1 star in Phoenix. The chemical abundances of the x-AGB variables are unknown, but the low metallicities suggest that they are more likely to be carbon-rich than oxygen-rich and comparisons with existing optical and near-IR photometry confirm that 70 of the x-AGB variables are confirmed or likely carbon stars. We see an increase in the pulsation amplitude with increased dust production, supporting previous studies suggesting that dust production and pulsation are linked. We find no strong evidence linking dust production with metallicity, indicating that dust can form in very metal-poor environments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/216/10
- Title:
- DUSTiNGS. I. The Good Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/216/10
- Date:
- 22 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Nearby resolved dwarf galaxies provide excellent opportunities for studying the dust-producing late stages of stellar evolution over a wide range of metallicity (-2.7<~[Fe/H]<~-1.0). Here, we describe DUSTiNGS (DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer): a 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m post-cryogen Spitzer Space Telescope imaging survey of 50 dwarf galaxies within 1.5Mpc that is designed to identify dust-producing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and massive stars. The survey includes 37 dwarf spheroidal, 8 dwarf irregular, and 5 transition-type galaxies. This near-complete sample allows for the building of statistics on these rare phases of stellar evolution over the full metallicity range. The photometry is >75% complete at the tip of the red giant branch for all targeted galaxies, with the exception of the crowded inner regions of IC 10, NGC 185, and NGC 147. This photometric depth ensures that the majority of the dust-producing stars, including the thermally pulsing AGB stars, are detected in each galaxy. The images map each galaxy to at least twice the half-light radius to ensure that the entire evolved star population is included and to facilitate the statistical subtraction of background and foreground contamination, which is severe at these wavelengths. In this overview, we describe the survey, the data products, and preliminary results. We show evidence for the presence of dust-producing AGB stars in eight of the targeted galaxies, with metallicities as low as [Fe/H]=-1.9, suggesting that dust production occurs even at low metallicity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/851/152
- Title:
- DUSTiNGS. IV. AGB spectral types with HST
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/851/152
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The survey for DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS) identified several candidate Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in nearby dwarf galaxies and showed that dust can form even in very metal-poor systems (Z~0.008Z_{sun}_). Here, we present a follow-up survey with WFC3/IR on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), using filters that are capable of distinguishing carbon-rich (C-type) stars from oxygen-rich (M-type) stars: F127M, F139M, and F153M. We include six star-forming DUSTiNGS galaxies (NGC147, IC10, Pegasus dIrr, SextansB, SextansA, and Sag DIG), all more metal-poor than the Magellanic Clouds and spanning 1dex in metallicity. We double the number of dusty AGB stars known in these galaxies and find that most are carbon rich. We also find 26 dusty M-type stars, mostly in IC 10. Given the large dust excess and tight spatial distribution of these M-type stars, they are most likely on the upper end of the AGB mass range (stars undergoing Hot Bottom Burning). Theoretical models do not predict significant dust production in metal-poor M-type stars, but we see evidence for dust excess around M-type stars even in the most metal-poor galaxies in our sample (12+log(O/H)=7.26-7.50). The low metallicities and inferred high stellar masses (up to ~10M_{sun}_) suggest that AGB stars can produce dust very early in the evolution of galaxies (~30Myr after they form), and may contribute significantly to the dust reservoirs seen in high-redshift galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/877/49
- Title:
- DUSTiNGS. V. 3.6 and 4.5um light curves
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/877/49
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The survey for DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS) has identified hundreds of candidate dust-producing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in several nearby metal-poor galaxies. We have obtained multi-epoch follow-up observations for these candidates with the Spitzer Space Telescope and measured their infrared (IR) light curves. This has allowed us to confirm their AGB nature and investigate pulsation behavior at very low metallicity. We have obtained high-confidence pulsation periods for 88 sources in seven galaxies. We have confirmed DUSTiNGS variable star candidates with a 20% success rate and determined the pulsation properties of 19 sources already identified as thermally pulsing AGB stars. We find that the AGB pulsation properties are similar in all galaxies surveyed here, with no discernible difference between the DUSTiNGS galaxies (down to 1.4% solar metallicity; [Fe/H]=-1.85) and the far more metal-rich Magellanic Clouds (up to 50% solar metallicity; [Fe/H]=-0.38). These results strengthen the link between dust production and pulsation in AGB stars and establish the IR period-luminosity relation as a reliable tool (+/-4%) for determining distances to galaxies, regardless of metallicity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/108/621
- Title:
- Dust in Sb and Sc K-band
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/108/621
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
