Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2010-05-26 v1
Abstract
We review the main advances brought by the Spitzer Space Telescope in the field of nearby galaxies studies, concentrating on a few subject areas, including: (1) the physics of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons that generate the mid-infrared features between ~3.5 micron and ~20 micron; (2) the use of the mid- and far-infrared emission from galaxies as star formation rate indicators; and (3) the improvement of mid-infrared diagnostics to discriminate between thermal (star-formation) and non-thermal (AGN) emission in galaxies and galaxy centers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.4644,
title = {Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer},
author = {D. Calzetti and R. C. Kennicutt and D. A. Dale and B. T. Draine and C. W. Engelbracht and A. Gil de Paz and K. D. Gordon and J. C. Munoz-Mateos and E. J. Murphy and J. D. T. Smith},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4644},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
9 pages, contribution for the Spitzer 2009 Conference Proceedings `Reionization to Exoplanets', ed. P. Ogle, ASP Conference Series, in prep