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Astrophysics and Astronomy

Galaxies: ISM

2015

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Herschel Observations Of Edge-On Spirals (Heroes) : Ii. Tilted-Ring Modelling Of The Atomic Gas Disks., F. Allaert, G. Gentile, M. Baes, G. De Geyter, T. M. Hughes, F. Lewis, S. Bianchi, I. De Looze, J. Fritz, Benne W. Holwerda, J. Verstappen, S. Viaene Oct 2015

Herschel Observations Of Edge-On Spirals (Heroes) : Ii. Tilted-Ring Modelling Of The Atomic Gas Disks., F. Allaert, G. Gentile, M. Baes, G. De Geyter, T. M. Hughes, F. Lewis, S. Bianchi, I. De Looze, J. Fritz, Benne W. Holwerda, J. Verstappen, S. Viaene

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Context. Edge-on galaxies can offer important insight into galaxy evolution because they are the only systems where the distribution of the different components can be studied both radially and vertically. The HEROES project was designed to investigate the interplay between the gas, dust, stars, and dark matter (DM) in a sample of 7 massive edge-on spiral galaxies. Aims. In this second HEROES paper, we present an analysis of the atomic gas content of 6 out of 7 galaxies in our sample. The remaining galaxy was recently analysed according to the same strategy. The primary aim of this work is to …


The Dependence Of The Av Prior For Sn Ia On Host Mass And Disc Inclination., Benne W. Holwerda, W. C. Keel, M. A. Kenworthy, K. J. Mack Aug 2015

The Dependence Of The Av Prior For Sn Ia On Host Mass And Disc Inclination., Benne W. Holwerda, W. C. Keel, M. A. Kenworthy, K. J. Mack

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Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are used as ‘standard candles’ for cosmological distance scales. To fit their light-curve shape–absolute luminosity relation, one needs to assume an intrinsic colour and a likelihood of host galaxy extinction or a convolution of these, a colour distribution prior. The host galaxy extinction prior is typically assumed to be an exponential drop-off for the current supernova programmes ( P(AV)∝e−AV/τ0" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: normal; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-table; word-spacing: normal; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: …


Sn Ia Host Galaxy Properties And The Dust Extinction Distribution., Benne W. Holwerda, A. Reynolds, M. Smith, R. C. Kraan-Korteweg Feb 2015

Sn Ia Host Galaxy Properties And The Dust Extinction Distribution., Benne W. Holwerda, A. Reynolds, M. Smith, R. C. Kraan-Korteweg

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Type Ia supernovae (SNeIa) display a complex relation with their host galaxies. An important prior to the fit of the supernovae's light curve is the distribution of host galaxy extinction values that can be encountered. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey SuperNova survey project has published light-curve fits using both mlcs2k2 and salt2. We use the former fits extinction parameter (AV) to map this distribution of extinction values. We explore the dependence of this distribution on four observables; the inclination of the host galaxy disc, radial position of the supernova, redshift of the supernova and host, and the level …