2010A&A...518L..62E

Query : 2010A&A...518L..62E

2010A&A...518L..62E - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 518, L62-62 (2010/7-2)

Mapping the interstellar medium in galaxies with Herschel/SPIRE.

EALES S.A., SMITH M.W.L., WILSON C.D., BENDO G.J., CORTESE L., POHLEN M., BOSELLI A., GOMEZ H.L., AULD R., BAES M., BARLOW M.J., BOCK J.J., BRADFORD M., BUAT V., CASTRO-RODRIGUEZ N., CHANIAL P., CHARLOT S., CIESLA L., CLEMENTS D.L., COORAY A., CORMIER D., DAVIES J.I., DWEK E., ELBAZ D., GALAMETZ M., GALLIANO F., GEAR W.K., GLENN J., GRIFFIN M., HONY S., ISAAK K.G., LEVENSON L.R., LU N., MADDEN S., O'HALLORAN B., OKUMURA K., OLIVER S., PAGE M.J., PANUZZO P., PAPAGEORGIOU A., PARKIN T.J., PEREZ-FOURNON I., RANGWALA N., RIGBY E.E., ROUSSEL H., RYKALA A., SACCHI N., SAUVAGE M., SCHULZ B., SCHIRM M.R.P., SPINOGLIO L., SRINIVASAN S., STEVENS J.A., SYMEONIDIS M., TRICHAS M., VACCARI M., VIGROUX L., WOZNIAK H., WRIGHT G.S. and ZEILINGER W.W.

Abstract (from CDS):

The standard method of mapping the interstellar medium in a galaxy, by observing the molecular gas in the CO 1-0 line and the atomic gas in the 21-cm line, is largely limited with current telescopes to galaxies in the nearby universe. In this letter, we use SPIRE observations of the galaxies M99 and M100 to explore the alternative approach of mapping the interstellar medium using the continuum emission from the dust. We have compared the methods by measuring the relationship between the star-formation rate and the surface density of gas in the galaxies using both methods. We find the two methods give relationships with a similar dispersion, confirming that observing the continuum emission from the dust is a promising method of mapping the interstellar medium in galaxies.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: ISM - galaxies: spiral - dust, extinction - ISM: abundances

Simbad objects: 5

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Number of rows : 5

N	Identifier	Otype	ICRS (J2000) RA	ICRS (J2000) DEC	Mag U	Mag B	Mag V	Mag R	Sp type	#ref 1850 - 2024	#notes
1	M 81	Sy2	09 55 33.1726556496	+69 03 55.062505368		7.89	6.94		~	4447	3
2	M 99	H2G	12 18 49.625	+14 24 59.36	10.45	10.44	9.87		~	918	2
3	M 100	AGN	12 22 54.9299993592	+15 49 20.296257960	10.04	10.05	9.35		~	1845	2
4	NAME Virgo Cluster	ClG	12 26 32.1	+12 43 24					~	6639	0
5	M 51	Sy2	13 29 52.698	+47 11 42.93		9.26	8.36	8.40	~	4329	4

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