3 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
The PRIMA promise of deciphering interstellar dust evolution with observations of the nearby Universe
Frédéric Galliano, Maarten Baes, Léo Belloir +25
This paper develops a few science cases, using the PRIMA far-IR probe, aimed at achieving several breakthroughs in our understanding of the dust properties and their evolution. We…
astro-ph.GA2025
The role of young and evolved stars in the heating of dust in local galaxies
Vidhi Tailor, Viviana Casasola, Francesca Pozzi +9
Context. Dust is a fundamental component of the interstellar medium (ISM) and plays a critical role in galaxy evolution. Dust grains influence the ISM by cooling the gas, altering…
astro-ph.GA2025
Metal-THINGS: gas metallicity gradients in nearby galaxies
Guillermo Valé, Maritza A. Lara-López, Mabel Valerdi +13
This paper explores the gas metallicity gradients in a sample of 25 nearby galaxies using new Integral Field Spectroscopy observations from the Metal-THINGS survey. We derive and s…