Mapping the interstellar medium in galaxies with Herschel/SPIRE

S. A. Eales; M. W. L. Smith; C. D. Wilson; G. J. Bendo; L. Cortese; M. Pohlen; A. Boselli; H. L. Gomez; R. Auld; M. Baes; M. J. Barlow; J. J. Bock; M. Bradford; V. Buat; N. Castro-Rodríguez; P. Chanial; S. Charlot; L. Ciesla; D. L. Clements; A. Cooray; D. Cormier; J. I. Davies; E. Dwek; D. Elbaz; M. Galametz; F. Galliano; W. K. Gear; J. Glenn; M. Griffin; S. Hony; K. G. Isaak; L. R. Levenson; N. Lu; S. Madden; B. O'Halloran; K. Okumura; S. Oliver; M. J. Page; P. Panuzzo; A. Papageorgiou; T. J. Parkin; I. Pérez-Fournon; N. Rangwala; E. E. Rigby; H. Roussel; A. Rykala; N. Sacchi; M. Sauvage; B. Schulz; M. R. P. Schirm; L. Spinoglio; S. Srinivasan; Jason Stevens; M. Symeonidis; M. Trichas; M. Vaccari; L. Vigroux; H. Wozniak; G. S. Wright; W. W. Zeilinger

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Mapping the interstellar medium in galaxies with Herschel/SPIRE

S. A. Eales, M. W. L. Smith, C. D. Wilson, G. J. Bendo, L. Cortese, M. Pohlen, A. Boselli, H. L. Gomez, R. Auld, M. Baes, M. J. Barlow, J. J. Bock, M. Bradford, V. Buat, N. Castro-Rodríguez, P. Chanial, S. Charlot, L. Ciesla, D. L. Clements, A. CoorayD. Cormier, J. I. Davies, E. Dwek, D. Elbaz, M. Galametz, F. Galliano, W. K. Gear, J. Glenn, M. Griffin, S. Hony, K. G. Isaak, L. R. Levenson, N. Lu, S. Madden, B. O'Halloran, K. Okumura, S. Oliver, M. J. Page, P. Panuzzo, A. Papageorgiou, T. J. Parkin, I. Pérez-Fournon, N. Rangwala, E. E. Rigby, H. Roussel, A. Rykala, N. Sacchi, M. Sauvage, B. Schulz, M. R. P. Schirm, L. Spinoglio, S. Srinivasan, Jason Stevens, M. Symeonidis, M. Trichas, M. Vaccari, L. Vigroux, H. Wozniak, G. S. Wright, W. W. Zeilinger

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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 M 99 and M 100 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.

Original language	English
Article number	L62
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	518
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014536
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2010

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galaxies: ISM, galaxies: spiral, dust, extinction, ISM: abundances

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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-Rodríguez, N., Chanial, P., Charlot, S., Ciesla, L., Clements, D. L., ... Zeilinger, W. W. (2010). Mapping the interstellar medium in galaxies with Herschel/SPIRE. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 518, Article L62. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014536

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Mapping the interstellar medium in galaxies with Herschel/SPIRE

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