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We develop a novel approach to measure dust attenuation properties of galaxies, including the dust opacity, shape of the attenuation curve and the strength of the 2175{\AA} absorption feature. From an observed spectrum, the method uses a…

In this paper, we provide a physical model for the origin of variations in the shapes and bump strengths of dust attenuation laws in galaxies by combining a large suite of cosmological "zoom-in" galaxy formation simulations with 3D Monte…

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We characterize the influence that inclination has on the shape and normalization in average dust attenuation curves derived from a sample of ~10,000 local star-forming galaxies. To do this we utilize aperture-matched multi-wavelength data…

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We investigate the impacts of the evolution of dust mass and grain size distribution within a Milky Way-like (MW-like) galaxy simulation on global attenuation curves, focusing on the optical-UV slope and the 2175 $AA$ bump. We discuss the…

One of the most common methods for inferring galaxy attenuation curves is via spectral energy distribution (SED) modeling, where the dust attenuation properties are modeled simultaneously with other galaxy physical properties. In this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-25 Sidney Lower , Desika Narayanan , Joel Leja , Benjamin D. Johnson , Charlie Conroy , Romeel Dave

We analyse the joint distribution of dust attenuation and projected axis ratios, together with galaxy size and surface brightness profile information, to infer lessons on the dust content and star/dust geometry within star-forming galaxies…

This is the second paper in a series that utilize IFS from MaNGA, NUV imaging from Swift/UVOT and NIR imaging from 2MASS to study dust attenuation properties on kpc scales in nearby galaxies. We apply the method developed in Paper I (Zhou…

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We study dust attenuation curves of 230,000 individual galaxies in the local universe, ranging from quiescent to intensely star-forming systems, using GALEX, SDSS, and WISE photometry calibrated on Herschel-ATLAS. We use a new method of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-23 Samir Salim , Médéric Boquien , Janice C. Lee

Understanding the impact of dust on the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies is crucial for inferring their physical properties and for studying the nature of interstellar dust. We analyze dust attenuation curves for $\sim 6400$…

Understanding the properties and physical mechanisms that shape dust attenuation curves in galaxies is one of the fundamental questions of extragalactic astrophysics, with a great practical significance for deriving the physical properties…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-11 Samir Salim , Desika Narayanan

We update the spectral modeling code MAGPHYS to include a 2175\AA\ absorption feature in its UV-to-near-IR dust attenuation prescription. This allows us to determine the strength of this feature and the shape of the dust attenuation curve…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-29 A. J. Battisti , E. da Cunha , I. Shivaei , D. Calzetti

We develop a method to estimate the dust attenuation curve of galaxies from full spectral fitting of their optical spectra. Motivated from previous studies, we separate the small-scale features from the large-scale spectral shape, by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-17 Niu Li , Cheng Li , Houjun Mo , Jian Hu , Shuang Zhou , Cheng Du

The attenuation of starlight by interstellar dust is investigated in a sample of low redshift, disk-dominated star-forming galaxies using photometry from GALEX and SDSS. By considering broadband colors as a function of galaxy inclination we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Charlie Conroy , David Schiminovich , Michael R. Blanton

We characterize the near-infrared (NIR) dust attenuation for a sample of ~5500 local (z<0.1) star-forming galaxies and obtain an estimate of their average total-to-selective attenuation $k(\lambda)$. We utilize data from the United Kingdom…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-24 A. J. Battisti , D. Calzetti , R. -R. Chary

Understanding dust attenuation in galaxies at both integrated and spatially resolved scales is fundamental for accurately determining the physical properties of galaxies. Recent high-spatial-resolution observations with ALMA and JWST enable…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-10 Yurina Nakazato , Kosei Matsumoto , Akio K. Inoue , Daniel Ceverino , Takashi Hosokawa , Daisuke Toyouchi

We present a systematic study of the shape of the dust attenuation curve in star-forming galaxies from the far ultraviolet to the near infrared (0.15-2microns), as a function of specific star formation rate (sSFR) and axis ratio (b/a), for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Vivienne Wild , Stephane Charlot , Jarle Brinchmann , Timothy Heckman , Oliver Vince , Camilla Pacifici , Jacopo Chevallard

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

Dust attenuations observed by stars and ionized gas are not necessarily the same. The lack of observational constraints on the nebular dust attenuation curve leaves a large uncertainty when correcting nebular dust attenuation with stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-18 Zesen Lin , Renbin Yan

Understanding how dust attenuation laws vary between and within galaxies is a key question if we want to reliably measure the physical properties of galaxies at both global and local scales. To shed new light on this question, we present a…

Dust attenuation shapes the spectral energy distribution of galaxies. It is particularly true for dusty galaxies in which stars experience a heavy attenuation. The combination of UV-to-IR photometry with the spectroscopic measurement of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-21 V. Buat , M. Boquien , K. Malek , D. Corre , H. salas , Y. Roehlly , R. Shirley , A. Efstathiou
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