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We investigate the evolution of extinction curves in galaxies based on our evolution model of grain size distribution. In this model, we considered various processes: dust formation by SNe II and AGB stars, dust destruction by SN shocks in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Ryosuke S. Asano , Tsutomu T. Takeuchi , Hiroyuki Hirashita , Takaya Nozawa

We present the first implementation of an evolving dust grain size distribution (GSD) within a semi-analytic cosmological model (SAM) of galaxy evolution. This flexible model self-consistently accounts for stellar dust production,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-09 Massimiliano Parente , Desika Narayanan , Paul Torrey

Cool luminous giants, in particular asymptotic giant branch stars, are among the most important sources of cosmic dust. Their extended dynamical atmospheres are places where grains form and initiate outflows driven by radiation pressure,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-31 S. Hoefner

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

This review surveys the observed properties of interstellar dust grains: the wavelength-dependent extinction of starlight, including absorption features, from UV to IR; optical luminescence; IR emission; microwave emission; optical, UV, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. T. Draine

In many models of dusty objects in space the grains are assumed to be composite or fluffy. However, the computation of the optical properties of such particles is still a very difficult problem. We analyze how the increase of grain porosity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. V. Voshchinnikov , V. B. Il'in , Th. Henning , D. N. Dubkova

We present evolutionary calculations for the size and aromatization degree distributions of interstellar dust grains, driven by their destruction by radiation, collisions with gas particles, and shattering due to grain-grain collisions.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 M. S. Murga , S. A. Khoperskov , D. S. Wiebe

We model dust evolution in Milky Way-like galaxies by post-processing the IllustrisTNG cosmological hydrodynamical simulations in order to predict dust-to-gas ratios and grain size distributions. We treat grain-size-dependent dust growth…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-09 Yu-Hsiu Huang , Hiroyuki Hirashita , Yun-Hsin Hsu , Yen-Ting Lin , Dylan Nelson , Andrew P. Cooper

We introduce a model for dust evolution in the RAMSES code for simulations of galaxies with a resolved multiphase interstellar medium. Dust is modelled as a fluid transported with the gas component, and is decomposed into two sizes, 5 nm…

Protoplanetary disks are dynamic objects, within which dust grains and gas are expected to be redistributed over large distances. Evidence for this redistribution is seen both in other protoplanetary disks and in our own Solar System, with…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-11 William Misener , Sebastiaan Krijt , Fred J. Ciesla

Dust grains play a fundamental role in galaxies, influencing both their evolution and observability. As a result, incorporating dust physics into galaxy evolution simulations is essential. This is a challenging task due to the finite…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-16 Massimiliano Parente

While marginal in mass terms, dust grains play an outsized role in both the physics and observation of the interstellar medium (ISM). However, explicit modelling of this ISM constituent remains uncommon in large cosmological simulations. In…

We present a quantitative model for the infrared emission from dust in the diffuse interstellar medium. The model consists of a mixture of amorphous silicate grains and carbonaceous grains, each with a wide size distribution ranging from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Aigen Li , B. T. Draine

Interstellar dust is an important component of the galactic ecosystem, playing a key role in multiple galaxy formation processes. We present a novel numerical framework for the dynamics and size evolution of dust grains implemented in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-23 Ryan McKinnon , Mark Vogelsberger , Paul Torrey , Federico Marinacci , Rahul Kannan

Dust is formed out of stellar material and is constantly affected by different mechanisms occurring in the ISM. Dust grains behave differently under these mechanisms depending on their sizes, and therefore the dust grain size distribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-08 M. Relano , U. Lisenfeld , K. C. Hou , I. De Looze , J. M. Vilchez , R. C. Kennicutt

Observations show that early-type galaxies contain a considerable amount of interstellar dust, most of which is believed to exist as a diffusely distributed component. We construct a four-parameter elliptical galaxy model in order to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Maarten Baes , Herwig Dejonghe

Shattering of dust grains in the interstellar medium is a viable mechanism of small grain production in galaxies. We examine the robustness or uncertainty in the theoretical predictions of shattering. We identify $P_1$ (the critical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Hiroyuki Hirashita , Hiroshi Kobayashi

In this study we present a simple model of elliptical galaxies aimed at interpreting the gradients in colours and narrow band indices observed across these systems. Salient features of the model are the gradients in mass density and star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Tantalo , C. Chiosi , A. Bressan , P. Marigo , L. Portinari

It is shown that the grain mass fluctuation, which is due to the grain sputtering by the attracted ions, may be at the root of a new instability in infinite, unmagnetized and homogeneous dusty plasmas. The growth rate is determined in the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Annou , R. Bharuthram , P. K. Shukla

Elliptical galaxies are the main contributors to the chemical enrichment of the intracluster and intergalactic medium; understanding how they form and evolve enables us to get important hints on the amounts of energy and processed matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Donatella Romano , Francesca Matteucci , Luigi Danese