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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 459, 期 1, 页码 113-123出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054618
关键词
dust, extinction; ISM : structure; galaxy : structure
We use the COBE/DIRBE (1.2, 2.2, 60, 100, 140, and 240 mu m) maps and the COBE/FIRAS spectra (for the wavelength range 100 - 1000 mu m) to constrain a model for the spatial distribution of the dust, the stars, and the gas in the Milky Way. By assuming exponential axisymmetric distributions for the dust and the stars and by performing the corresponding radiative transfer calculations we closely (given the simple geometry of the model) reproduce the FIR and NIR maps of the Milky Way. Similar distributions for the atomic and molecular hydrogen in the disk are used (with an inner cut-off radius for the atomic hydrogen) to fit the gas data. The star formation rate as a function of the Galactic radius is derived from the FIR emission and is well in agreement with existing estimates from various star formation tracers. The gas surface density is plotted against the star formation rate density and an intrinsic Galactic Schmidt law is derived with excellent agreement with the external Schmidt law found for spiral galaxies. The MilkyWay is found to consume similar to 1% and similar to 10% of its gas in the outer and inner regions respectively (for a period of 0.1 Gyr) to make stars. The dust-induced B - V color excess observed in various directions and distances (up to similar to 6.5 kpc) with well-studied Cepheid stars is compared with the model predictions showing a good agreement. The simple assumption of exponential distributions of stars and dust in the Galaxy is found to be quite instructive and adequate in modeling all the available data sets from 0.45 mu m (B-band) to 1000 mu m.
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