Hot dust in galaxies
Abstract
We present an approximate method for calculating the infrared emission from a galactic nucleus that has recently undergone a starburst and is powered mainly by massive stars of spectral type O and B. Such nuclei are usually heavily obscured by dust and we outline the radiative transfer in a dusty medium with scattered sources. We include in the model transiently heated small dust particles and illustrate their dominating influence on the near and mid infrared spectrum.
- Publication:
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Publications de l'Observatoire Astronomique de Beograd
- Pub Date:
- July 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002POBeo..73...27K
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Nuclei;
- Infrared Radiation;
- Interstellar Dust;
- Radiative Transfer