Probing the infrared counterparts of diffuse far-ultraviolet sources in the Galaxy
arXiv:1705.00380 · doi:10.1016/j.pss.2017.04.023
Abstract
Recent availability of high quality infrared (IR) data for diffuse regions in the Galaxy and external galaxies have added to our understanding of interstellar dust. A comparison of ultraviolet (UV) and IR observations may be used to estimate absorption, scattering and thermal emission from interstellar dust. In this paper, we report IR and UV observations for selective diffuse sources in the Galaxy. Using archival mid-infrared (MIR) and far-infrared (FIR) observations from Spitzer Space Telescope, we look for counterparts of diffuse far-ultraviolet (FUV) sources observed by the Voyager, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) and Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) telescopes in the Galaxy. IR emission features at 8micron are generally attributed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules, while emission at 24micron are attributed to Very Small Grains (VSGs). The data presented here is unique and our study tries to establish a relation between various dust populations. By studying the FUV-IR correlations separately at low and high latitude locations, we have identified the grain component responsible for the diffuse FUV emission.
18 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, Poster presented at the International Conference on Interstellar Dust, Molecules and Chemistry (IDMC-2014) held at Tezpur University, Assam, India
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