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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

By using a one-zone chemical and spectrophotometric evolution model of a disk galaxy undergoing a dusty starburst, we investigate, numerically, the optical spectroscopic properties in order to explore galaxy evolution in distant clusters.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Yasuhiro Shioya , Kenji Bekki , Warrick J. Couch

The unusual extinction curves of SN 2010jl provide an excellent opportunity to investigate the properties of dust formed by core-collapse supernovae. By using a series of dust models with different compositions and grain size distributions,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 Jun Li , Jian Gao , Biwei Jiang , Zesen Lin

We present an analysis of 436 lines of sight with extinction data covering wavelength range from near-infrared (NIR) to ultraviolet (UV). We use J, H, K photometry from 2MASS database, the IR intrinsic colors from Wegner (1994), and UV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anna Geminale , Piotr Popowski

A diverse range of dust attenuation laws is found in star-forming galaxies. In particular, Tress et al. (2018) studied the SHARDS survey to constrain the NUV bump strength (B) and the total-to selective ratio (Rv) of 1,753 star-forming…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-07 M. Tress , I. Ferreras , P. G. Pérez-González , A. Bressan , G. Barro , H. Domínguez-Sánchez , C. Eliche-Moral

We present the initial results of MEAD (Measuring Extinction and Abundances of Dust), with a focus on the dust extinction features observed in our JWST near- and mid-infrared spectra of nine diffuse Milky Way sightlines ($1.2 \leq A(V) \leq…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-20 Marjorie Decleir , Karl D. Gordon , Karl A. Misselt , Burcu Günay , Julia Roman-Duval , Sascha T. Zeegers

The physical characteristics of dust formed in supernovae is poorly known. In this paper, we investigate the extinction properties of dust formed in the type IIn SN 2005ip. The observed light curves of SN 2005ip all exhibit a sudden drop…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 Ann-Sofie Bak Nielsen , Jens Hjorth , Christa Gall

We analyze the multi-wavelength photometric and spectroscopic data of 12 ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) at z ~ 1 and compare them with models of stars and dust in order to study the extinction law and star formation in young…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 T. Shimizu , K. Kawara , H. Sameshima , N. Ienaka , T. Nozawa , T. Kozasa

We investigate the shape of the extinction law in two 1-degree square fields of the Perseus Molecular Cloud complex. We combine deep red-optical (r, i, and z-band) observations obtained using Megacam on the MMT with UKIDSS near-infrared (J,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Jonathan B. Foster , Kaisey S. Mandel , Jaime E. Pineda , Kevin R. Covey , Héctor G. Arce , Alyssa A. Goodman

We examine the three-dimensional structure and dust extinction properties in a ~ 200 pc $\times$ 100 pc region in the southwest bar of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We model a deep Hubble Space Telescope optical color-magnitude diagram…

Context: Dust grains are key components of the interstellar medium and play a central role in star formation, acting as catalysts for chemical reactions and as building blocks of planets. Extinction curves are essential for characterizing…

We analyze the optical-near infrared spectra of 33 quasars with redshifts 3.9<z<6.4 to investigate the properties of dust extinction at these cosmic epochs. The SMC extinction curve has been shown to reproduce the dust reddening of most…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 S. Gallerani , R. Maiolino , Y. Juarez , T. Nagao , A. Marconi , S. Bianchi , R. Schneider , F. Mannucci , T. Oliva , C. J. Willott , L. Jiang , X. Fan

Dust attenuation in galaxies has often been used as a proxy for the extinction of point sources, such as supernovae, even though this approach ignores fundamental differences between the two cases. We present an analysis of the impact of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-20 J. Duarte , S. González-Gaitán , A. Mourão , J. Rino-Silvestre , M. Baes , J. P. Anderson , L. Galbany , M. Stalevski

In the past few years, the extinction law has been measured in the infrared wavelengths for various molecular clouds and different laws have been obtained. In this paper we seek variations of the extinction law within the Trifid nebula…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 L. Cambrésy , J. Rho , D. J. Marshall , W. T. Reach

We present polarisation spectra of seven stars in the lines-of-sight towards the Sco OB1 association. Our spectra were obtained within the framework of the Large Interstellar Polarization Survey carried out with the FORS instrument of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-20 R. Siebenmorgen , N. V. Voshchinnikov , S. Bagnulo , Cox N. L. J.

We present a three-dimensional (3D) extinction map of the southern sky. The map covers the SkyMapper Southern Survey (SMSS) area of $\sim$ 14,000 ${\rm deg^{2}}$ and has spatial resolutions between 6.9 and 27 arcmin. Based on the multi-band…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-13 H. -L. Guo , B. -Q. Chen , H. -B. Yuan , Y. Huang , D. -Z Liu , Y. Yang , X. -Y. Li , W. -X. Sun , X. -W. Liu

We model the ~1--19$\mum$ infrared (IR) extinction curve toward the Galactic Center (GC) in terms of the standard silicate-graphite interstellar dust model. The grains are taken to have a power law size distribution with an exponential…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Jian Gao , Aigen Li , B. W. Jiang

Using \emph{Spitzer} Infrared Spectrograph observations of G0--M4 III stars behind dark clouds, I construct $5-20\mu$m empirical extinction curves for $0.3\leq A_K<7$, which is equivalent to $A_V$ between $\approx$ 3 and 50. For $A_K<1$ the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 M. K. McClure

This review describes our current understanding of interstellar extinction. This differ substantially from the ideas of the 20th century. With infrared surveys of hundreds of millions of stars over the entire sky, such as 2MASS,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-13 George Gontcharov

Accurate interpretation of observations relies on the interstellar dust extinction law, which also serves as a powerful diagnostic for probing dust properties. In this study, we investigate the multi-wavelength extinction law of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-14 Juan Deng , Shu Wang , Biwei Jiang , He Zhao