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Interstellar Dust in the WIRE to Planck Era

Interstellar dust appears in a number of roles in the interstellar medium. Historically, the most familiar one is as a source of extinction in the optical. Absorbed optical and ultraviolet light heats the dust, whence infrared (including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 P. G. Martin

Dust Properties in HII Regions in M33

The conversion of the IR emission into star formation rate can be strongly dependent on the physical properties of the dust, which are affected by the environmental conditions where the dust is embedded. We study here the dust properties of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-26 M. Relano , R. Kennicutt , U. Lisenfeld , S. Verley , I. Hermelo , M. Boquien , M. Albrecht , C. Kramer , J. Braine , E. Perez-Montero , I. De Looze , M. Xilouris , A. Kovacs , J. Staguhn

Aspect ratios of far-infrared and H i filaments in the diffuse interstellar medium at high Galactic latitudes

Dusty magnetized structures observable in the far-infrared (FIR) at high Galactic latitudes are ubiquitous and found to be closely related to HI filaments with coherent velocity structures. Considering dimensionless morphological…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-17 P. M. W. Kalberla , U. Haud

FAUST XXVI. The dust opacity spectral indices of protostellar envelopes bridge the gap between interstellar medium and disks

The sub-millimetre dust opacity spectral index is a critical observable to constrain dust properties, such as the maximum grain size of an observed dust population. It has been widely measured at galactic scales and down to protoplanetary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Luca Cacciapuoti , L. Testi , A. J. Maury , C. Chandler , N. Sakai , C. Ceccarelli , C. Codella , M. De Simone , L. Podio , G. Sabatini , E. Bianchi , E. Macias , A. Miotello , C. Toci , L. Loinard , D. Johnstone , H. B. Liu , Y. Aikawa , Y. Shirley , B. Svoboda , T. Sakai , T. Hirota , S. Viti , B. Lefloch , Y. Oya , S. Ohashi , S. Feng , F. Fontani , Y. Watanabe , A. Lopez-Sepulcre , Y. Zhang , C. Vastel , D. Segura-Cox , J. Pineda , A. Isella , R. S. Klessen , P. Hennebelle , S. Molinari , S. Yamamoto

Dusting off the diffuse interstellar bands: DIBs and dust in extragalactic SDSS spectra

Using over a million and a half extragalactic spectra we study the properties of the mysterious Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) in the Milky Way. These data provide us with an unprecedented sampling of the skies at high Galactic-latitude…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Dalya Baron , Dovi Poznanski , Darach Watson , Yushu Yao , J. Xavier Prochaska

Planck 2015 results. XXV. Diffuse low-frequency Galactic foregrounds

(abridged) We discuss the Galactic foreground emission between 20 and 100GHz based on observations by Planck/WMAP. The Commander component-separation tool has been used to separate the various astrophysical processes in total intensity.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit , A. Benoit-Levy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Desert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Dore , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Ensslin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , J. Fergusson , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Heraud , E. Gjerlow , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , K. M. Gorski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versille , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihanen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lahteenmaki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vornle , M. Lopez-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. McGehee , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschenes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , E. Orlando , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , M. Peel , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , G. W. Pratt , G. Prezeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubino-Martin , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , A. W. Strong , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , M. Vidal , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , R. Watson , I. K. Wehus , A. Wilkinson , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Shattering and coagulation of dust grains in interstellar turbulence

We investigate shattering and coagulation of dust grains in turbulent interstellar medium (ISM). The typical velocity of dust grain as a function of grain size has been calculated for various ISM phases based on a theory of grain dynamics…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hiroyuki Hirashita , Huirong Yan

Constraints on the nature of dust particles by infrared observations

The far-infrared (FIR) emissivity of dust is an important parameter characterizing the physical properties of the grains. With the availability of stellar databases and far-infrared data from Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) it is possible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Cs. Kiss , P. Abraham , R. J. Laureijs , A. Moor , S. M. Birkmann

Interplay of dust alignment, grain growth and magnetic fields in polarization: lessons from the emission-to-extinction ratio

Polarized extinction and emission from dust in the interstellar medium (ISM) are hard to interpret, as they have a complex dependence on dust optical properties, grain alignment and magnetic field orientation. This is particularly true in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-24 Lapo Fanciullo , Vincent Guillet , François Boulanger , Anthony Jones

LONG WAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF HIGH GALACTIC LATITUDE DUST

The properties of high latitude dust are of great interest to extragalactic astronomers and cosmologists. It is proposed here that essentially all high Galactic latitude interstellar dust is at a typical temperature of about 20~K (i.e. it…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 George F. Smoot

Modeling the Infrared Interstellar Extinction

How dust scatters and absorbs starlight in the interstellar medium (ISM) contains important clues about the size and composition of interstellar dust. While the ultraviolet (UV) and visible interstellar extinction is well studied and can be…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Shu Wang , Aigen Li , B. W. Jiang

Large-scale latitude distortions of the inner Milky Way Disk from the Herschel/Hi-GAL Survey

We use the Herschel Hi-GAL survey data to study the spatial distribution in Galactic longitude and latitude of the interstellar medium and of dense, star-forming clumps in the inner Galaxy. The peak position and width of the latitude…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-06 Sergio Molinari , Alberto Noriega-Crespo , John Bally , Toby Moore , Davide Elia , Eugenio Schisano , Rene Plume , Bruce Swinyard , Anna Maria Di Giorgio , Stefano Pezzuto , Milena Benedettini , Leonardo Testi

Large Metallicity Variations in the Galactic Interstellar Medium

The Interstellar Medium (ISM) comprises gases at different temperatures and densities, including ionized, atomic, molecular species, and dust particles. The neutral ISM is dominated by neutral hydrogen and has ionization fractions up to 8%.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-10 Annalisa De Cia , Edward B. Jenkins , Andrew J. Fox , Cédric Ledoux , Tanita Ramburuth-Hurt , Christina Konstantopoulou , Patrick Petitjean , Jens-Kristian Krogager

Planck intermediate results. XLIV. The structure of the Galactic magnetic field from dust polarization maps of the southern Galactic cap

We study the statistical properties of interstellar dust polarization at high Galactic latitude, using the Stokes parameter Planck maps at 353 GHz. Our aim is to advance the understanding of the magnetized interstellar medium (ISM), and to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , D. Arzoumanian , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. Comis , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , E. Di Valentino , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , Y. Fantaye , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , M. Langer , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , M. Le Jeune , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , P. Naselsky , P. Natoli , J. Neveu , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , N. Oppermann , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , S. Plaszczynski , G. Polenta , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Sandri , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , C. Sirignano , J. D. Soler , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , F. Vansyngel , F. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

The IR Compactness of Dusty Galaxies Set Star-formation and Dust Properties at z~0-2

Surface densities of gas, dust and stars provide a window into the physics of star-formation that, until the advent of high-resolution far-infrared/sub-millimeter observations, has been historically difficult to assess amongst dusty…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-30 Jed McKinney , Alexandra Pope , Allison Kirkpatrick , Lee Armus , Tanio Diaz-Santos , Carlos Gomez-Guijarro , Maximilien Franco , David Elbaz , Christopher C. Hayward , Hanae Inami , Gergo Popping , Mengyuan Xiao

Planck intermediate results. XLII. Large-scale Galactic magnetic fields

Recent models for the large-scale Galactic magnetic fields in the literature have been largely constrained by synchrotron emission and Faraday rotation measures. We use three different but representative models to compare their predicted…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , R. Adam , P. A. R. Ade , M. I. R. Alves , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , O. Doré , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , M. Hobson , A. Hornstrup , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , N. Oppermann , E. Orlando , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , A. W. Strong , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , F. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Characterization of dense Planck clumps observed with Herschel and SCUBA-2

We aim to characterize a diverse selection of dense, potentially star-forming cores, clumps, and clouds within the Milky Way in terms of their dust emission and SF activity. We studied 53 fields that have been observed in the JCMT SCUBA-2…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-27 E. Mannfors , M. Juvela , L. Bronfman , D. J. Eden , Jinhua He , Gwanjeon Kim , Kee-Tae Kim , H. Kirppu , T. Liu , J. Montillaud , H. Parsons , Patricio Sanhueza , Hsien Shang , A. Soam , K. Tatematsu , A. Traficante , M. S. Väisälä , Chang Won Lee

Dust depletion of metals from local to distant galaxies I: Peculiar nucleosynthesis effects and grain growth in the ISM

Large fractions of metals are missing from the observable gas-phase in the interstellar medium (ISM) because they are incorporated into dust grains, a phenomenon called dust depletion. The study of dust depletion in the ISM is important to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-05 Christina Konstantopoulou , Annalisa De Cia , Jens-Kristian Krogager , Cédric Ledoux , Pasquier Noterdaeme , Johan P. U. Fynbo , Kasper E. Heintz , Darach Watson , Anja C. Andersen , Tanita Ramburuth-Hurt , Iris Jermann

Dust Properties and Star-Formation Rates in Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies

We have used the Spitzer Space Telescope to study the dust properties of a sample of star-forming dwarf galaxies. The differences in the mid-infrared spectral energy distributions for these galaxies which, in general, are low metallicity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. L. Rosenberg , Yanling Wu , Emeric Le Floc'h , V. Charmandaris , M. L. N. Ashby , J. R. Houck , J. J. Salzer , S. P. Willner

The Evolution of ISM Mass Probed by Dust Emission -- ALMA Observations at z = 0.3 to 2

The use of submm dust continuum emission to probe the mass of interstellar dust and gas in galaxies is empirically calibrated using samples of local star forming galaxies, Planck observations of the Milky Way and high redshift submm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 N. Scoville , H. Aussel , K. Sheth , K. S. Scott , D. Sanders , R. Ivison , A. Pope , P. Capak , P. Vanden Bout , S. Manohar , J. Kartaltepe , S. Lilly