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EAS Publications Series
Volume 4, 2002
Infrared and Submillimeter Space Astronomy: An International Colloquium to Honor the Memory of Guy Serra
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| Page(s) | 31 - 31 | |
| Section | Session I: Dust and Gas Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2002056 | |
| Published online | 25 September 2002 | |
M. Giard, J.P. Bernard, A. Klotz and I. Ristorcelli (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 4 (2002) 31
Grain-Grain Coagulation in the ISM
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IAS, bâtiment 121, Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay, France
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CESR, 9 avenue Colonel Roche, BP. 4346, 31028 Toulouse, France
We have developed a dust emission model in order to reproduce the evolution of the far-infrared (FIR) to sub-millimetre (sub-mm) dust emission properties which is observed in the transition between the diffuse and the dense interstellar medium (ISM). We propose that the coagulation of grains into fluffy aggregates could be the process responsible for the observed dust evolution from the diffuse to the dense ISM in the Galaxy. In dense clouds, dust coagulation can explain the increase in grain size, the decrease in the grain temperature in excess of that predicted by extinction, the sub-mm emissivity excess and the decrease in the small grain abundance.
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