SCUBA observations of galaxies with metallicity measurements: a new method for determining the relation between submm luminosity and dust mass

Abstract

Using a new technique we have determined a value for the constant of proportionality between submillimetre emission and dust mass, the dust mass absorption coefficient at 850 microns. Our method has an advantage over previous methods in that we avoid assumptions about the properties of dust in the interstellar medium. Our only assumption is that the fraction of metals incorporated in the dust is a universal constant. To implement our method we require objects that have submillimetre and far-infrared flux measurements as well as gas mass and metallicity estimates. We present data for all the galaxies with suitable measurements, including new submillimetre maps for five galaxies. We find kappa(850 microns)=0.07 m^2/kg

arXiv comment10 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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