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A self-consistent model of Galactic stellar and dust infrared emission and the abundance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

We present a self-consistent three-dimensional Monte-Carlo radiative transfer model of the stellar and dust emission in the Milky-Way, and have computed synthetic observations of the 3.6 to 100 microns emission in the Galactic mid-plane. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-11-19 Thomas P. Robitaille , Ed Churchwell , Robert A. Benjamin , Barbara A. Whitney , Kenneth Wood , Brian L. Babler , Marylin R. Meade

Combined constraints on intergalactic dust from quasar colours and the soft X-ray background

Unless properly corrected for, the existence of intergalactic dust will introduce a redshift dependent magnitude offset to standard candle sources. This would lead to overestimated luminosity distances compared to a dust-free universe and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Joel Johansson , Edvard Mortsell

Planck 2013 results. XII. Component separation

Planck has produced detailed all-sky observations over nine frequency bands between 30 and 857 GHz. These observations allow robust reconstruction of the primordial cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature fluctuations over nearly the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-29 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bridges , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , X. Chen , L. -Y Chiang , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , M. Cruz , 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. Désert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , G. Huey , K. M. Huffenberger , T. R. Jaffe , A. H. Jaffe , J. Jewell , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , S. Leach , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , K. Mikkelsen , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , I. J. O'Dwyer , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , P. Platania , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , E. Salerno , M. Sandri , D. Santos , G. Savini , F. Schiavon , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , F. Sureau , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , M. Türler , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , J. Varis , M. Viel , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , A. Wilkinson , J. -Q. Xia , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Realistic Multi-temperature Dust: How Well Can We Constrain the Dust Properties of High-redshift Galaxies?

Determining the dust properties of high-redshift galaxies from their far-infrared continuum emission is challenging due to limited multi-frequency data. As a result, the dust spectral energy distribution (SED) is often modeled as a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-27 Laura Sommovigo , Hiddo Algera

Modeling dust emission in the Magellanic Clouds with Spitzer and Herschel

Dust modeling is crucial to infer dust properties and budget for galaxy studies. However, there are systematic disparities between dust grain models that result in corresponding systematic differences in the inferred dust properties of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-03 Jeremy Chastenet , Caroline Bot , Karl D. Gordon , Marco Bocchio , Julian Roman-Duval , Anthony P. Jones , Nathalie Ysard

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

New Observational Constraints and Modeling of the Infrared Background: Dust Obscured Star-Formation at z>1 and Dust in the Outer Solar System

We provide measurements of the integrated galaxy light at 70, 160, 250, 350 and 500 micron using deep far-infrared and submillimeter data from space (Spitzer) and balloon platform (BLAST) extragalactic surveys. We use the technique of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-10 Ranga-Ram Chary , Alexandra Pope

The Spectrum of the Extragalactic Far Infrared Background from the COBE Firas Observations

The COBE FIRAS data contain foreground emission from interplanetary, Galactic interstellar dust and extragalactic background emission. We use three different methods to separate the various emission components, and derive the spectrum of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. J. Fixsen , E. Dwek , J. C. Mather , C. L. Bennett , R. A. Shafer

IRSI-DARWIN: How to see through the interplanetary dust cloud

ESA has identified interferometry as one of the major goals of the Horizon 2000+ programme. Infrared interferometers are a highly sensitive astronomical instruments that enable us to observe terrestrial planets around nearby stars. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 M. Landgraf , R. Jehn , W. Flury , M. Fridlund , A. Karlsson , A. Léger

Microwave Emission by Dust: Mechanisms, Properties and Prospects for ISM Studies

I review my work with Bruce Draine on dust emissivity at microwave frequencies (3 cm - 3 mm). This emissivity explains the recently detected "anomalous" component of the galactic foreground emission. Both small (a<0.001 micron) and large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lazarian A

Infrared Excess and Molecular Clouds: A comparison of new suerveys of far-infrared and H I 21-cm emission at high galactic latitudes

We have created a map of the large-scale infrared surface brightness in excess of that associated with the atomic interstellar medium, using region-by-region correlations between the far-infrared and 21-cm line surface brightness. Our study…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 William T. Reach , William F. Wall , Nils Odegard

Planck intermediate results. XII: Diffuse Galactic components in the Gould Belt System

We perform an analysis of the diffuse low-frequency Galactic components in the Southern part of the Gould Belt system (130^\circ\leq l\leq 230^\circ and -50^\circ\leq b\leq -10^\circ). Strong ultra-violet (UV) flux coming from the Gould…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balbi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , L. Bedini , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , P. Cabella , J. -F. Cardoso , X. Chen , L. -Y Chiang , P. R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , A. Coulais , F. Cuttaia , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , G. de Gasperis , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , G. Dobler , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , T. A. Enßlin , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. Harrison , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , T. R. Jaffe , A. H. Jaffe , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , C. R. Lawrence , S. Leach , R. Leonardi , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , M. Massardi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , M. Peel , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , E. Salerno , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , L. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Sudiwala , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , C. T. Tibbs , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , L. Valenziano , B. Van Tent , J. Varis , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , N. Ysard , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Far-Infrared to Millimeter Astrophysical Dust Emission. II: Comparison of the Two-Level Systems (TLS) model with Astronomical Data

In a previous paper we proposed a new model for the emission by amorphous astronomical dust grains, based on solid-state physics. The model uses a description of the Disordered Charge Distribution (DCD) combined with the presence of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 D. Paradis , J. -P. Bernard , C. Mény , V. Gromov

Generative Models of Multi-channel Data from a Single Example -- Application to Dust Emission

The quest for primordial $B$-modes in the cosmic microwave background has emphasized the need for refined models of the Galactic dust foreground. Here, we aim at building a realistic statistical model of the multi-frequency dust emission…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 Bruno Régaldo-Saint Blancard , Erwan Allys , Constant Auclair , François Boulanger , Michael Eickenberg , François Levrier , Léo Vacher , Sixin Zhang

Cirrus spectra of low surface brightness regions

We have studied the galactic cirrus in low surface brightness regions using ISOPHOT raster maps at 90, 150 and 180um. Observations are used to determine dust emission spectra and dust temperatures. The data extend to longer wavelengths than…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Juvela , K. Mattila , D. Lemke

Optical properties and dust temperatures in clumpy diffuse medium

In this study, we explore the impact of inhomogeneities in the spatial distribution of interstellar dust on spatial scales of $\le1$ au caused by ion shadowing forces on the optical properties of diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) as well as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 Andrei B. Ostrovskii , S. Yu. Parfenov , A. I. Vasyunin , A. V. Ivlev , V. A. Sokolova

No evidence for dust B-mode decorrelation in Planck data

Constraints on inflationary $B$-modes using Cosmic Microwave Background polarization data commonly rely on either template cleaning or cross-spectra between maps at different frequencies to disentangle galactic foregrounds from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 Christopher Sheehy , Anže Slosar

Dust in spiral galaxies: global properties

We present and analyse high-quality SCUBA 850- and 450-um images of 14 local spiral galaxies, including the detection of dust well out into the extended disk in many cases. We use these data in conjunction with published far-IR flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Stevens , M. Amure , W. K. Gear

A robust method for investigating galactic evolution in the submillimetre waveband: II the submillimetre background and source counts

This is the second of two papers describing a model of galactic evolution in the submillimetre waveband. The model incorporates a self-consistent treatment of the evolution of dust and stars, is normalized to the submillimetre properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Stephen Eales , Mike Edmunds

Dust/ice mixing in cold regions and solid-state water in the diffuse interstellar medium

Whether ice in cold cosmic environments is physically separated from the silicate dust or mixed with individual silicate moieties is not known. However, different grain models give very different compositions and temperatures of grains. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-26 Alexey Potapov , Jeroen Bouwman , Cornelia Jäger , Thomas Henning