Dust effects on the derived Sérsic indexes of disks and bulges in spiral galaxies
Abstract
We present a theoretical study that quantifies the effect of dust on the derived Sérsic indexes of disks and bulges. The changes in the derived parameters from their intrinsic values (as seen in the absence of dust) were obtained by fitting Sérsic distributions on simulated images of disks and bulges produced using radiative transfer calculations and the model of Popescu et al. (2011). We found that dust has the effect of lowering the measured Sérsic index in most cases, with stronger effects for disks and bulges seen through more optically thick lines of sight.
- Publication:
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The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies - SED 2011
- Pub Date:
- August 2012
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1202.0482
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..284..306P
- Keywords:
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- Galaxy: disk;
- galaxies: bulges;
- Galaxy: fundamental parameters;
- galaxies: spiral;
- galaxies: ISM;
- galaxies: structure;
- (ISM:) dust;
- extinction;
- radiative transfer;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 3 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No.284, "The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies", 5-9 sept. 2011, editors Richard J. Tuffs and Cristina C. Popescu