DIRBE evidence for a wrap in the interstellar dust layer and stellar disk of the galaxy
1994; IOP Publishing; Volume: 429; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/187415
ISSN1538-4357
AutoresH. Freudenreich, G. Bruce Berriman, E. Dwek, M. G. Hauser, T. Kelsall, S. H. Moseley, R. F. Silverberg, T. J. Sodroski, G. N. Toller, J. L. Weiland,
Tópico(s)Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Resumoview Abstract Citations (62) References (26) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS DIRBE Evidence for a Warp in the Interstellar Dust Layer and Stellar Disk of the Galaxy Freudenreich, H. T. ; Berriman, G. B. ; Dwek, E. ; Hauser, M. G. ; Kelsall, T. ; Moseley, S. H. ; Silverberg, R. F. ; Sodroski, T. J. ; Toller, G. N. ; Weiland, J. L. Abstract The Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) of the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) has mapped the surface brightness distributions of the Galactic plane at wavelengths from 1.25 to 240 micrometers. In these maps the latitude of peak brightness, as a function of longitude, traces a roughly sinusoidal curve of period approximately 360 deg. In the far-infrared, where emission by interstellar dust dominates the surface brightness, this curve agrees well with that derived from maps of the velocity-integrated H 1, suggesting that the layers of dust and neutral atomic hydrogen are similarly displaced from the Galactic plane. In the near-infrared (lambda less than 5 micrometers), where old disk stars dominate the emission, the brightness crest exhibits the same phase but roughly half the amplitude. The reduced amplitude of the warp in stellar light could result from a lesser warping of the stellar disk, or from a more rapid falloff of the density of stars relative to the density of gas, possibly due to a radial truncation of the disk. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: July 1994 DOI: 10.1086/187415 Bibcode: 1994ApJ...429L..69F Keywords: Background Radiation; Diffuse Radiation; Galactic Structure; Infrared Radiation; Interstellar Matter; Warpage; Brightness Distribution; Latitude; Longitude; Mapping; Photometers; Polarimeters; Astronomy; GALAXY: STRUCTURE; ISM: STRUCTURE; GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY full text sources ADS |
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