Panchromatic radiation from galaxies as a probe of galaxy formation and evolution
Abstract
I review work on modelling the infrared and submillimetre SEDs of galaxies. The underlying physical assumptions are discussed and spherically symmetric, axisymmetric, and 3-dimensional radiative transfer codes are reviewed. Models for galaxies with Spitzer IRS data and for galaxies in the Herschel-Hermes survey are discussed. Searches for high redshift infrared and submillimetre galaxies, the star formation history, the evolution of dust extinction, and constraints from source-counts, are briefly discussed.
- Publication:
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The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies - SED 2011
- Pub Date:
- August 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392131200960X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1201.1559
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..284..446R
- Keywords:
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- infrared galaxies;
- radiative transfer;
- star formation;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- to be published in IAU Symposium 284 'The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies', Preston 2012, eds. R.J.Tiffs and C.C.Popescu