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尘埃丰度对蓝色致密矮星系远红外色的影响

Effects of dust abundance on the far-infrared colours of blue compact dwarf galaxies

Hiroyuki Hirashita, Tomohiro T. Ichikawa

摘要:

我们研究了AKARI观测到的BCD样品的FIR特性。利用$λ=65 μ$ m、90 $μ$ m和140 $μ$ m波段的数据,我们发现BCD的远红外色位于银河系和麦哲伦云的远红外色的自然高温延伸区。这意味着BCD中尘埃的光学性质与银河系中的相似。事实上,我们解释FIR颜色通过假设相同的颗粒光学性质,这可能是适当的无定形尘埃颗粒,和相同的尺寸分布的银河系尘埃。由于星际辐射场和尘埃光学厚度都影响尘埃温度,因此很难区分这两种物理性质中的哪一种是造成远红外颜色变化的原因。然后,为了研究尘埃光学厚度是否在确定尘埃温度中起着重要作用,我们研究了FIR颜色(尘埃温度)和尘埃气体比之间的相关性。我们发现,尘埃温度往往是高的,作为尘气比降低,但这种趋势不能解释的尘埃光学厚度的影响。相反,它表明尘埃与气体的比例和星际辐射场之间的相关性。虽然金属丰度也可能在这种相关性中发挥作用,但我们认为尘埃光学厚度可以调节恒星形成活动,从而控制星际辐射场。我们还提到亚毫米数据在追踪高度屏蔽的低温尘埃的排放方面的重要性。

英文摘要:

We investigate the FIR properties of a sample of BCDs observed by AKARI. By utilizing the data at wavelengths of $λ=65 μ$m, 90 $μ$m, and 140 $μ$m, we find that the FIR colours of the BCDs are located at the natural high-temperature extension of those of the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds. This implies that the optical properties of dust in BCDs are similar to those in the Milky Way. Indeed, we explain the FIR colours by assuming the same grain optical properties, which may be appropriate for amorphous dust grains, and the same size distribution as those adopted for the Milky Way dust. Since both interstellar radiation field and dust optical depth affect the dust temperature, it is difficult to distinguish which of these two physical properties is responsible for the change of FIR colours. Then, in order to examine if the dust optical depth plays an important role in determining the dust temperature, we investigate the correlation between FIR colour (dust temperature) and dust-to-gas ratio. We find that the dust temperature tends to be high as the dust-to-gas ratio decreases but that this trend cannot be explained by the effect of dust optical depth. Rather, it indicates a correlation between dust-to-gas ratio and interstellar radiation field. Although the metallicity may also play a role in this correlation, we suggest that the dust optical depth could regulate the star formation activities, which govern the interstellar radiation field. We also mention the importance of submillimetre data in tracing the emission from highly shielded low-temperature dust.

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