Extended Mid-Infrared Aromatic Feature Emission in M82
Autor: | Daniel A. Dale, Karl D. Gordon, George J. Bendo, Bruce T. Draine, John M. Cannon, P. Kundurthy, Michael W. Regan, George Rieke, D. J. Hollenbach, Michael Meyer, George Helou, Kartik Sheth, M. Sosey, Fabian Walter, B. A. Buckalew, Eric J. Murphy, D. Calzetti, L. Armus, C. W. Engelbracht, Robert C. Kennicutt, David Makovoz, Jd Smith |
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Rok vydání: | 2006 |
Předmět: |
Physics
Infrared Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics (astro-ph) Mid infrared FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Spectral line Galaxy Spitzer Space Telescope Space and Planetary Science Minor axis Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Halo Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics |
Zdroj: | The Astrophysical Journal. 642:L127-L132 |
ISSN: | 1538-4357 0004-637X |
Popis: | We present new images (groundbased optical and mid-infrared (MIR) from the Spitzer Space Telescope) and spectra (from Spitzer) of the archetypal starburst galaxy M 82. The Spitzer data show that the MIR emission extends at least 6 kpc along the minor axis of the galaxy. We use the optical and infrared data to demonstrate that the extended emission is dominated by emission from dust. The colors of the MIR emission and the spectra indicate that there is a strong component of aromatic feature emission (the MIR features commonly attributed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons). The dust continuum and aromatic feature emission are both strong in the well-known superwind region of this galaxy; clearly the carrier of the aromatic features can survive in close proximity to the wind, far from the plane of the galaxy. We also see significant emission by dust well outside the superwind region, providing the clearest picture to date of the dust distribution in the halo of this galaxy. Comment: 6 pages; 4 figures; accepted to ApJL; emulateapj style; figures compressed to reduce size of submission |
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