The Optical to Infrared 0.6–5.3 μm Dust Extinction Law of the Milky Way with JWST NIRSpec: Westerlund 2
| Autor: | Shu Wang, Xiaodian Chen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol 964, Iss 1, p L3 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2041-8213 2041-8205 |
| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/ad2e98 |
| Popis: | The interstellar extinction law is important for interpreting observations and inferring the properties of interstellar dust grains. Based on the 993 prism/CLEAR spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), we investigate the 0.6–5.3 μ m interstellar dust extinction law. We propose a pair method to obtain the reddening curves based only on JWST observed spectra. Most of the high-extinction sources are toward the young star cluster Westerlund 2. The infrared 1.0–5.3 μ m reddening curves agree with the power law A _λ ∝ λ ^− ^α well. We determine an average value of α = 1.98 ± 0.15, which is consistent with the average value of the Galaxy. We find that α may be variable and independent of R _V . With the derived α , we convert the reddening curves into the extinction curves and establish the nonparameterized α -dependent extinction curves in the wavelength range of 0.6–5.3 μ m. At λ < 1 μ m, the derived extinction law is not well described by the parameterized power-law-type curve. Our nonparameterized α -dependent extinction curves are suitable for the extinction correction of JWST-based photometry and spectra measurements at 0.6–5.3 μ m. We also provide the extinction coefficients for the JWST NIRCam bandpasses with different α . |
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