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We present a new self-consistent semi-analytic model of the first stars and galaxies to explore the high-redshift ($z{>}15$) Population III (PopIII) and metal-enriched star formation histories. Our model includes the detailed merger history…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-17 Colton R. Feathers , Mihir Kulkarni , Eli Visbal , Ryan Hazlett

JWST has enabled the detection of the UV continuum of galaxies at z>10, evidencing a population of extremely blue, potentially dust-free galaxies. Interpreting the UV spectra of galaxies as they redden is complicated by the well-known…

Recent JWST observations have revealed that some galaxies at $z \gtrsim 7$ generally exhibit relatively flat ultraviolet (UV) attenuation curves and a weak UV bump. These features suggest that the first dust grains formed rapidly, possibly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-30 Koki Otaki , Raffaella Schneider , Simone Bianchi , Joris Witstok , Luca Graziani , Marco Limongi , Roberto Maiolino

A combination of JWST observations at z~12-14 and ALMA observations of extremely dust-rich systems at z~6 has demonstrated that dust grows extremely fast in the early Universe, with galaxies amassing up to 10^7 Msun of dust in just 500 Myr…

In order to study the properties and effects of high Galactic latitude dust we present an analysis of 373,303 galaxies selected from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) All-Sky Survey and Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WISE) All-Sky Data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 J. E. G. Peek , David Schiminovich

To investigate the distribution of dust in Sb and Sc galaxies we have analyzed near-infrared and optical surface photometry for an unbiased sample of 37 galaxies. Since light in the $K$-band is very little affected by extinction by dust,…

We study the star formation rate and dust extinction properties of a sample of nearby star forming galaxies as derived from Halpha and UV (2000 A) observations and we compare them to those of a sample of starburst galaxies. The dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 V. Buat , A. Boselli , G. Gavazzi , C. Bonfanti

Because of their brightness, gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are viable targets for investigating the dust content in their host galaxies. Simple intrinsic spectral shapes of GRB afterglows allow us to derive the dust extinction. Recently,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Tzu-Ming Kuo , Hiroyuki Hirashita , Tayyaba Zafar

We examine the dust distribution around a sample of 70,000 low redshift galaxy groups and clusters derived from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. By correlating spectroscopically identified background quasars with the galaxy groups we obtain…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Sean L. McGee , Michael L. Balogh

We investigate the redshift (z) evolution of dust properties, its dependences on initial conditions of galaxy formation, and physical correlations between dust, gas, and stellar contents at different z based on our original chemodynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Kenji Bekki

We perform high-resolution cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to study the formation of the first galaxies that reach the masses of $10^{8-9}~h^{-1}~M_\odot$ at $z=9$. The resolution of the simulations is high enough to resolve…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-13 Makito Abe , Hidenobu Yajima , Sadegh Khochfar , Claudio Dalla Vecchia , Kazuyuki Omukai

We model the interstellar dust content of the reionization era with a suite of cosmological, fluid-dynamical simulations of galaxies with stellar masses ranging from $\sim 10^5 - 10^9 M_{\odot}$ in the first $1.2$ billion years of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-24 Clarke J. Esmerian , Nickolay Y. Gnedin

Presence of dust in galaxies removes half or more of the stellar energy from the UV-optical budget of the Universe and has profound impact on our understanding of how galaxies evolve. Measures of opacity in local galaxies are reviewed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniela Calzetti

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

First-generation (Population III) stars in the universe play an important role inearly enrichment of heavy elements in galaxies and intergalactic medium and thus affect the history of galaxies. The physical and chemical properties of…

We present an extensive study of the radiative transfer in dusty galaxies based on Monte Carlo simulations. The main output of these simulations are the attenuation curves ${\cal A}_\lambda$ (i.e. the ratio between the observed, dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Ferrara , S. Bianchi , A. Cimatti , C. Giovanardi

[Abridged] Our view of dust in primordial galaxies is limited towards a few tens of z~7 galaxies, pre-selected from UV-optical observations, and are thus not necessarily representative of the bulk of the sources at these redshifts. In this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-28 L. Ciesla , S. Adscheid , B. Magnelli , M. Boquien , N. Laporte , M. Bethermin , C. Carvajal , E. Schinnerer , D. Liu

We conduct a comprehensive theoretical and numerical investigation of the pollution of pristine gas in turbulent flows, designed to provide new tools for modeling the evolution of the first generation of stars. The properties of such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Liubin Pan , Evan Scannapieco , John Scalo

We revisit the formation and evolution of the first galaxies using new hydrodynamic cosmological simulations with the ART code. Our simulations feature a recently developed model for H2 formation and dissociation, and a star formation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Alexander L. Muratov , Oleg Y. Gnedin , Nickolay Y. Gnedin , Marcel Zemp

We attempt to interpret existing data on the evolution of the UV luminosity function and UV colours, $\beta$, of galaxies at $5 \leq z \leq 8$, to improve our understanding of their dust content and ISM properties. To this aim, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-21 Mattia Mancini , Raffaella Schneider , Luca Graziani , Rosa Valiante , Pratika Dayal , Umberto Maio , Benedetta Ciardi