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.

to be published in IAU Symposium 284 'The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies', Preston 2012, eds. R.J.Tiffs and C.C.Popescu

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