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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) | 381 - 381 | |
| Section | Posters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2002105 | |
| Published online | 25 September 2002 | |
M. Giard, J.P. Bernard, A. Klotz and I. Ristorcelli (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 4 (2002) 381
The Nature of the Low-Metallicity ISM in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 1569
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Service d'Astrophysique, CEA/Saclay, L'Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (CNRS), Université de Paris XI, 91405 Orsay, France
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
We are modeling the spectra of dwarf galaxies from infrared to submillimeter wavelengths to understand the nature of the various dust components in low-metallicity environments, which may be comparable to the ISM of galaxies in their early evolutionary state. The overall nature of the dust in these environments appears to differ from those of higher metallicity starbursting systems. Here, we present a study of one of our sample of dwarf galaxies, NGC 1569, which is a nearby, well-studied starbursting dwarf. Using ISOCAM, IRAS, ISOPHOT and SCUBA data with the Désert et al. (1990) [1] model, we find consistency with little contribution from PAHs and Very Small Grains and a relative abundance of bigger colder grains, which dominate the FIR and submillimeter wavelengths. We are compelled to use 4 dust components, adding a very cold dust component, to reproduce the submillimetre excess of our observations.
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