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What Produces Dust Polarization in the HH 212 Protostellar Disk at 878 {\mu}m: Dust Self-Scattering or Dichroic Extinction?

We report new dust polarization results of a nearly edge-on disk in the HH 212 protostellar system, obtained with ALMA at ~ 0.035" (14 au) resolution in continuum at lambda ~ 878 um. Dust polarization is detected within ~ 44 au of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-07 Chin-Fei Lee , Zhi-Yun Li , Haifeng Yang , Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin , Tao-Chung Ching , Shih-Ping Lai

Investigation of dust properties of the proto-planetary nebula IRAS 18276-1431

We investigate the circumstellar dust properties of the oxygen-rich bipolar proto-planetary nebula IRAS 18276-1431 by means of two-dimensional radiative transfer simulations of the circumstellar dust shell. The model geometry is assumed to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 K. Murakawa , H. Izumiura , R. D. Oudmaijer , L. T. Maud

Dust in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Interstellar Polarization and Extinction

To elucidate the dust properties in the SMC we have for the first time measured linear polarization in five colors in the optical region of the spectrum for a sample of reddened stars. For two of these stars, for which there were no…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 C. V. Rodrigues , A. M. Magalhaes , G. V. Coyne S. J. , V. Piirola

Enhanced dust emissivity power-law index along the western H$\alpha$ filament of NGC 1569

We used a data set from AKARI and Herschel images at wavelengths from 7 $\mu$m to 500 $\mu$m to catch the evidence of dust processing in galactic winds in NGC 1569. Images show a diffuse infrared (IR) emission extending from the galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-11 Toyoaki Suzuki , Hidehiro Kaneda , Takashi Onaka , Mitsuyoshi Yamagishi , Daisuke Ishihara , Takuma Kokusho , Takurou Tsuchikawa

Detection of 40-48 GHz dust continuum linear polarization towards the Class 0 young stellar object IRAS 16293-2422

We performed the new JVLA full polarization observations at 40-48 GHz (6.3-7.5 mm) towards the nearby ($d$ $=$147$\pm$3.4 pc) Class 0 YSO IRAS 16293-2422, and compare with the previous SMA observations reported by Rao et al. (2009; 2014).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-19 Hauyu Baobab Liu , Yasuhiro Hasegawa , Tao-Chung Ching , Shih-Ping Lai , Naomi Hirano , Ramprasad Rao

A resolved analysis of cold dust and gas in the nearby edge-on spiral NGC 891

We investigate the connection between dust and gas in the nearby edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891. High resolution Herschel PACS and SPIRE 70, 100, 160, 250, 350, and 500 $\mu$m images are combined with JCMT SCUBA 850 $\mu$m observations to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-05-08 T. M. Hughes , M. Baes , J. Fritz , M. W. L. Smith , T. J. Parkin , G. Gentile , G. J. Bendo , C. D. Wilson , F. Allaert , S. Bianchi , I. De Looze , J. Verstappen , S. Viaene , M. Boquien , A. Boselli , D. L. Clements , J. I. Davies , M. Galametz , S. C. Madden , A. Remy-Ruyer , L. Spinoglio

High-precision broadband linear polarimetry of early-type binaries IV. Binary system of DH Cephei in the open cluster of NGC 7380

DH Cephei is a prominent O+O-type binary system in the NGC 7380 open cluster. Our high-precision multi-band polarimetry demonstrates synchronous linear polarization variations with the orbital period. Using Stokes parameters, we derived the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Yasir Abdul Qadir , Andrei V. Berdyugin , Vilppu Piirola , Takeshi Sakanoi , Masato Kagitani

Evidence for cloud-to-cloud variations in the ratio of polarized thermal dust emission to starlight polarization

The correlation between optical starlight polarization and polarized thermal dust emission can be used to infer intrinsic dust properties. This correlation is quantified by the ratio Rp/p, which has been measured to be 5.42 +/- 0.05 MJy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-01 Nidhi Mehandiratta , Georgia V. Panopoulou , Eirik Gjerløw , Vincent Pelgrims , Konstantinos Tassis , Dmitry Blinov , Brandon Hensley , John A. Kypriotakis , Siddharth Maharana , Nikos Mandarakas , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Stephen B. Potter , A. N. Ramaprakash , Raphael Skalidis , Namita Uppal

On Predicting the Polarization of Low Frequency Emission by Diffuse Interstellar Dust

Several of the current and next-generation cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments have polarimetric capability, promising to add to the finesse of precision cosmology. One of the contaminating Galactic foregrounds is thermal emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. G. Martin

Optical linear polarization study towards Czernik 3 open cluster at different spatial scales

We present the optical linear polarization observation of stars towards the core of the Czernik 3 cluster in the Sloan i-band. The data were obtained using the EMPOL instrument on the 1.2 m telescope at Mount Abu Observatory. We study the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-12 Namita Uppal , Shashikiran Ganesh , D. Bisht

Planck Early Results XXIV: Dust in the diffuse interstellar medium and the Galactic halo

This paper presents the first results of comparison of Planck along with IRAS data with Green Bank Telescope 21-cm observations in 14 fields covering more than 800 square degrees at high Galactic latitude. Galactic dust emission for fields…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Planck Collaboration , A. Abergel , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balbi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , R. Bhatia , K. Blagrave , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , P. Cabella , C. M. Cantalupo , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , L. Cayon , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , L. -Y Chiang , C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , G. de Gasperis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Desert , C. Dickinson , S. Donzelli , O. Dore , U. Dorl , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Ensslin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Heraud , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , K. M. Gorski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versille , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , W. Hovest , R. J. Hoyland , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , G. Joncas , A. Jones , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihanen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , L. Knox , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , S. Leach , R. Leonardi , C. Leroy , M. Linden-Vornle , F. J. Lockman , M. Lopez-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macias-Perez , C. J. MacTavish , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , R. Mann , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. Martin , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. McGehee , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. -A. Miville-Deschenes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , I. J. O'Dwyer , S. Osborne , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , D. Pinheiro Goncalves , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , T. Poutanen , G. Prezeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , M. Reinecke , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rowan-Robinson , J. A. Rubino-Martin , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , P. Shellard , G. F. Smoot , J. -L. Starck , F. Stivoli , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , J. -P. Torre , M. Tristram , J. Tuovinen , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , A. Wilkinson , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Dust in clusters: separating the contribution of galaxies and intracluster media

We have analized a sample of 327 clusters of galaxies spanning the range 0.06-0.70 in redshift. Strong constraints on their mean intracluster emission by dust have been obtained using maps and catalogs from the HERSCHEL HerMES project;…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-25 C. M. Gutierrez , M. Lopez-Corredoira

Planck intermediate results. XLIII. The spectral energy distribution of dust in clusters of galaxies

Although infrared (IR) overall dust emission from clusters of galaxies has been statistically detected using data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), it has not been possible to sample the spectral energy distribution (SED) of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , R. Adam , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , I. Bikmaev , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , R. Burenin , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , E. Churazov , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. Comis , 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 , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , I. Khamitov , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , G. Maggio , 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. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , 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 , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , F. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

A Multi-Wavelength Infrared Study of NGC 891

We present a multi-wavlength infrared study of the nearby, edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 891. We have examined 20 independent, spatially resolved IR images of this galaxy, 14 of which are newly reduced and/or previously unpublished images.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Whaley , J. Irwin , S. Madden , F. Galliano , G. Bendo

FIR colours of nearby late-type galaxies in the Herschel Reference Survey

We study the far infrared (60-500 $\mu$m) colours of late-type galaxies in the $Herschel$ Reference Survey, a K-band selected, volume limited sample of nearby galaxies. The far infrared colours are correlated with each other, with tighter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Boselli , L. Ciesla , L. Cortese , V. Buat , M. Boquien , G. J. Bendo , S. Boissier , S. Eales , G. Gavazzi , T. M. Hughes , M. Pohlen , M. W. L. Smith , M. Baes , S. Bianchi , D. L. Clements , A. Cooray , J. Davies , W. Gear , S. Madden , L. Magrini , P. Panuzzo , A. Remy , L. Spinoglio , S. Zibetti

Planck intermediate results. XXXVIII. E- and B-modes of dust polarization from the magnetized filamentary structure of the interstellar medium

The quest for a B-mode imprint from primordial gravity waves on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) requires the characterization of foreground polarization from Galactic dust. We present a statistical study of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-10 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , 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 , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , 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 , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gruppuso , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , Z. Huang , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. León-Tavares , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. McGehee , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , N. Oppermann , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , O. Perdereau , 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 , 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. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , P. Serra , J. D. Soler , V. Stolyarov , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

NGC4370: a case study for testing our ability to infer dust distribution and mass in nearby galaxies

A fraction of the early-type galaxy population hosts a prominent dust lane. Methods to quantify the dust content of these systems based on optical imaging data usually yield dust masses which are an order of magnitude lower than dust masses…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-08 S. Viaene , G. De Geyter , M. Baes , J. Fritz , G. J. Bendo , M. Boquien , A. Boselli , S. Bianchi , L. Cortese , P. Côté , J. -C. Cuillandre , I. De Looze , S. di Serego Alighieri , L. Ferrarese , S. D. J. Gwyn , T. M. Hughes , C. Pappalardo

Evidence for Extremely High Dust Polarization Efficiency in NGC 3184

Recent studies have found the Type II-plateau supernova (SN) 1999gi to be highly polarized (p_max = 5.8%, where p_max is the highest degree of polarization measured in the optical bandpass; Leonard & Filippenko 2001) and minimally reddened…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Douglas C. Leonard , Alexei V. Filippenko , Ryan Chornock , Weidong Li

Interstellar Polarization in M31

The wavelength dependence of interstellar polarization due to dust in M31 has been observed along four sightlines. Only one sightline had been measured previously.The globular clusters, S78, S150, S233 and Baade 327 were used as point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Geoffrey C. Clayton , Michael J. Wolff , Karl D. Gordon , Paul S. Smith , Kenneth H. Nordsieck , Brian L. Babler

ALMA 873 $\mu$m Polarization Observations of the PDS~70 Disk

At a 112.4 pc distance, the PDS70 protoplanetary disk is a rare case that has been confirmed to host two accreting planets. This makes it the most important laboratory for studying dust growth in the context of planet formation. Here we…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Hauyu Baobab Liu , Kiyoaki Doi , Simon Casassus , Akimasa Kataoka , Ruobing Dong , Jun Hashimoto , Philipp Weber