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The origin of dust in galaxies is still a mystery. The majority of the refractory elements are produced in supernova explosions but it is unclear how and where dust grains condense and grow, and how they avoid destruction in the harsh…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-17 Christa Gall , Jens Hjorth , Darach Watson , Eli Dwek , Justyn R. Maund , Ori Fox , Giorgos Leloudas , Daniele Malesani , Avril C. Day-Jones

We study the dust evolution in galaxies by implementing a detailed dust prescription in the SAGE semi-analytical model for galaxy formation. The new model, called Dusty SAGE, follows the condensation of dust in the ejecta of type II…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-18 Dian P. Triani , Manodeep Sinha , Darren J. Croton , Camilla Pacifici , Eli Dwek

Observations have demonstrated that supernovae efficiently produce dust. This is consistent with the hypothesis that supernovae and asymptotic giant branch stars are the primary producers of dust in the Universe. However, there has been a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-28 Jonathan D. Slavin , Eli Dwek , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Alex S. Hill

We assess the most plausible scenarios for generating large amounts of dust in high-z quasars (QSOs) on the basis of observationally derived physical properties of QSOs at z > 6. We use a chemical evolution model to compute the temporal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Christa Gall , Anja C. Andersen , Jens Hjorth

Outflows of pre-main-sequence stars drive shocks into molecular material within 0.01 - 1 pc of the young stars. The shock-heated gas emits infrared, millimeter and submillimeter lines of many species including. Dust grains are important…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 T. W. Hartquist , S. Van Loo , S. A. E. G. Falle , P. Caselli , I. Ashmore

Molecules and dust are formed in and around the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and supernovae (SNe), and are ejected into the interstellar medium (ISM) through the stellar wind. The dust and gas contain elements newly synthesised in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Mikako Matsuura

We introduce a dust model for cosmological simulations implemented in the moving-mesh code AREPO and present a suite of cosmological hydrodynamical zoom-in simulations to study dust formation within galactic haloes. Our model accounts for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-02 Ryan McKinnon , Paul Torrey , Mark Vogelsberger

The dust properties in high-redshift galaxies provide clues to the origin of dust in the Universe. Although dust has been detected in galaxies at redshift $z>7$, it is difficult to constrain the dominant dust sources only from the total…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-02 Hsin-Min Liu , Hiroyuki Hirashita

Understanding the evolution of dust in galaxies is crucial because it affects the dynamics and cooling of gas, star formation, and chemical evolution. Recent work on dust removal in galaxies indicates timescales of gigayears, with old…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-30 Aleksandra Leśniewska , Jens Hjorth , Christa Gall

The dust reservoir in the interstellar medium of a galaxy is constantly being replenished by dust formed in the stellar winds of evolved stars. Due to their vicinity, nearby irregular dwarf galaxies the Magellanic Clouds provide an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 F. Kemper

We study the dust content of galaxies from $z=0$ to $z=9$ in semi-analytic models of galaxy formation that include new recipes to track the production and destruction of dust. We include condensation of dust in stellar ejecta, the growth of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-21 Gergö Popping , Rachel S. Somerville , Maud Galametz

The past century of interstellar dust has brought us from first ignoring it to finding that it plays an important role in the evolution of galaxies. Current observational results in our galaxy provide a complex physical and chemical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Mayo Greenberg , Chuanjian Shen

Interstellar dust forms during stellar mass-loss events, occurring either during a star's giant phase or during supernova explosions. This PhD thesis provides an in-depth investigation into the theory of dust condensation and growth,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-02 C. Dominik

Winds driven by stellar feedback are an essential part of the galactic ecosystem and are the main mechanism through which low-mass galaxies regulate their star formation. These winds are generally observed to be multi-phase with detections…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-24 Rahul Kannan , Mark Vogelsberger , Federico Marinacci , Laura V. Sales , Paul Torrey , Lars Hernquist

Dusty hyperluminous galaxies in the early universe provide unique environments for studying the role of massive stars in the formation and destruction of dust. At redshifts above ~ 6, when the universe was less than ~ 1 Gyr old, dust could…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Eli Dwek , Frederic Galliano , Anthony P. Jones

Although dust emission at cosmological distances has only been detected a little more than a decade ago, remarkable progress has been achieved since then in characterizing the far-infrared emission of high-redshift systems. The mere fact…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-02 Fabian Walter

The abundance evolution of interstellar dust species originating from stellar sources and from condensation in molecular clouds in the local interstellar medium of the Milky Way is studied and the input of dust material to the Solar System…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Svitlana Zhukovska , Hans-Peter Gail , Mario Trieloff

We present new models for the evolution of stars with mass in the range 1Msun < M < 7.5Msun, followed from the pre-main-sequence through the asymptotic giant branch phase. The metallicity adopted is $Z=3*10^{-4} (which, with an…

Condensation of circumstellar dust begins with formation of molecular clusters close to the stellar photosphere. These clusters are predicted to act as condensation cores at lower temperatures and allow efficient dust formation farther away…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-28 Tomasz Kamiński

In this contribution I summarize our current knowledge of the nature and significance of starburst-driven galactic winds (``superwinds''). Superwinds are complex multiphase outflows of cool, warm, and hot gas, dust, and magnetized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Timothy M. Heckman