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边缘星系中的尘埃分布。V和K波段图像的辐射转移拟合

The dust distribution in edge-on galaxies. Radiative transfer fits of V and K'-band images

Simone Bianchi

摘要:

目的:我分析了在V和K波段观测到的7个邻近边缘星系的样本,以推断尘埃分布的性质。方法:一个辐射转移模型,包括散射,已被用来分解成一个恒星盘,一个隆起,尘埃盘每个图像。描述这些分布的参数是通过标准的X^2最小化技术得到的。结果如下:拟合的尘埃盘与文献中的结果一致:尘埃盘的径向尺度长度大于恒星的径向尺度长度(h_d/h_s ~ 1.5),垂直尺度长度小于恒星的径向尺度长度(z_d/z_s ~ 1/3),正面看尘埃盘几乎是透明的(中心,正面,光学深度tau_0 =0.5-1.5)。忽略散射的更快的辐射转移模型可以产生等效拟合,其中导出的参数的变化在包括散射的完全拟合的精度内。在K '波段,没有发现第二个大质量尘埃盘的痕迹,这被用来解释亚毫米尘埃发射的观测结果。我讨论了模型的退化和复杂的结构对拟合分布的影响。特别是,样品中的大多数凸起显示出具有大残差的盒子/花生形态;两个低倾角星系显示出尘埃环分布,这可能是大拟合尘埃标度的原因。

英文摘要:

Aims: I have analyzed a sample of seven nearby edge-on galaxies observed in the V and K'-band, in order to infer the properties of the dust distribution. Methods: A radiative transfer model, including scattering, have been used to decompose each image into a stellar disk, a bulge, and a dust disk. The parameters describing the distributions have been obtained through standard X^2 minimization techniques. Results: The dust disks fitted to the V-band images are consistent with previous work in literature: the radial scalelength of dust is larger than that for stars (h_d/h_s ~ 1.5); the dust disk has a smaller vertical scalelength than the stellar (z_d/z_s ~ 1/3); the dust disk is almost transparent when seen face-on (central, face-on, optical depth tau_0 =0.5-1.5). Faster radiative transfer models which neglect scattering can produce equivalent fits, with changes in the derived parameters within the accuracy of full fits including scattering. In the K'-band, no trace is found of a second, massive, dust disk which has been invoked to explain observations of dust emission in the submillimeter. I discuss the model degeneracies and the effect of complex structures on the fitted distributions. In particular, most bulges in the sample show a box/peanuts morphology with large residuals; two lower-inclination galaxies show a dust ring distribution, which could be the cause for the large fitted dust scalelengths.

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