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It is well known that the extinction properties along lines of sight to Type Ia supernovae are described by steep extinction curves with unusually low total-to-selective extinction ratios of Rv = 1.0-2.0. In order to reveal the properties…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-07 Takaya Nozawa

Fundamental properties of the extinction curve, like the slope in the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) and the presence/absence of a broad absorption excess centred at 2175 A (the UV bump), are investigated for a sample of 108 massive,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Noll , D. Pierini , M. Pannella , S. Savaglio

We present new three-dimensional (3D) interstellar extinction maps in the $V$ and Gaia $G$ filters within 2 kpc of the Sun, a 3D differential extinction (dust spatial distribution density) map along the lines of sight in the same space, a…

We interpret the interstellar extinction observed towards the Galactic Center (GC) in the wavelength range $\lambda = 1 - 20\,\mkm$. Its main feature is the flat extinction at $3 - 8\,\mkm$ whose explanation is still a problem for the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-08 Nikolai V. Voshchinnikov , Thomas Henning , Vladimir B. Il'in

This article is based on an invited talk given by V. P. Kulkarni at the 8th Cosmic Dust meeting. Dust has a profound effect on the physics and chemistry of the interstellar gas in galaxies and on the appearance of galaxies. Understanding…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-07 Varsha P. Kulkarni , Monique C. Aller , Donald G. York , Daniel E. Welty , Giovanni Vladilo , Debopam Som

Three-dimensional (3D) maps of Galactic interstellar dust are a tool for a wide range of uses. We aim to construct 3D maps of dust extinction in the Local Arm and surrounding regions. Gaia EDR3 photometric data were combined with 2MASS…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-25 R. Lallement , J. -L. Vergely , C. Babusiaux , N. L. J. Cox

Recent observations have indicated the existence of dust in high-redshift galaxies, however, the dust properties in them are still unknown. Here we present theoretical constraints on dust properties in Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z=3 by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Hidenobu Yajima , Kentaro Nagamine , Robert Thompson , Jun-Hwan Choi

Using the Planck far-infrared and Arecibo GALFA 21-cm line surveys, we identified a set of isolated interstellar clouds (approximately degree-sized on the sky and comprising 100 solar masses) and assessed the ratio of gas mass to dust mass.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-07 William T. Reach , Carl Heiles , Jean-Philippe Bernard

We study infrared emission of 17 isolated, diffuse clouds with masses of order solar masses, to test the hypothesis that grain property variations cause the apparently low gas-to-dust ratios that have been measured in those clouds. Maps of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-13 William T. Reach , Jean-Philippe Bernard , Thomas Jarrett , Carl Heiles

Employing the Maximum Entropy Method algorithm, we fit interstellar extinction measurements which span the wavelength range 0.125-3 micron. We present a uniform set of MEM model fits, all using the same grain materials, optical constants…

We compare 850um SCUBA images of NGC 891 with the corresponding V-band optical depth predicted from radiation transfer simulations. These two tracers of dust show a very similar distribution along the minor axis and a reasonable agreement…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. B. Alton , E. M. Xilouris , S. Bianchi , J. Davies , N. Kylafis

Galaxies reside in extended dark matter halos, but their baryonic content, especially dust, remains less well understood. We aim to investigate the amount and distribution of dust in galactic halos by measuring shifts in the observed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-22 Eray Genc , Angus H. Wright , Hendrik Hildebrandt

Context. The properties of dust grains, in particular their size distribution, are expected to differ from the interstellar medium to the high-density regions within molecular clouds. Since the extinction at near-infrared wavelengths is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Joana Ascenso , Marco Lombardi , Charles J. Lada , João Alves

The relative abundance of the dust grain types in the interstellar medium (ISM) is directly linked to physical quantities that trace the evolution of galaxies. We study the dust properties of the whole disc of M33 at spatial scales of ~170…

We explore variations of the dust extinction law of the Milky Way by selecting stars from the Swift/UVOT Serendipitous Source Catalogue, cross-matched with Gaia DR2 and 2MASS to produce a sample of 10,452 stars out to ~4kpc with photometry…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-12 I. Ferreras , M. Tress , G. Bruzual , S. Charlot , M. Page , V. Yershov , P. Kuin , D. Kawata , M. Cropper

The composition and amount of interstellar dust within gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies is of key importance when addressing selection effects in the GRB redshift distribution, and when studying the properties of their host galaxies. As…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 P. Schady , T. Dwelly , M. J. Page , T. Krühler , J. Greiner , S. R. Oates , M. De Pasquale , M. Nardini , P. W. A. Roming , A. Rossi , M. Still

We introduce a model for dust evolution in the RAMSES code for simulations of galaxies with a resolved multiphase interstellar medium. Dust is modelled as a fluid transported with the gas component, and is decomposed into two sizes, 5 nm…

Extinction curves, especially those in the Milky Way (MW), the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), have provided us with a clue to the dust properties in the nearby Universe. We examine whether or not these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-22 Kuan-Chou Hou , Hiroyuki Hirashita , Michał J. Michałowski

The radiative properties of interstellar dust are affected not only by the grain size distribution but also by the grain porosity. We develop a model for the evolution of size-dependent grain porosity and grain size distribution over the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-08 Hiroyuki Hirashita , Vladimir B. Il'in

In this paper we aim to constrain for the first time the dust emission in the mid-to-far infrared domain, in the LMC, with the use of the Spitzer IRS and MIPS SED data, combined with Herschel data. We also consider UV extinction predictions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-21 D. Paradis , C. Mény , K. Demyk , A. Noriega-Crespo , I. Ristorcelli