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Analysis of the Interstellar Medium Properties of the Herschel Reference Survey Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2013

Laure Ciesla  and
the SAG2 Consortium
Laure Ciesla
Affiliation:
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) UMR 7326, 13388, Marseille, France email: laure.ciesla@oamp.fr
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Abstract

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The Herschel Reference Survey is a guaranteed time key project aimed at studying the physical properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) of 323 nearby galaxies, covered by multi-wavelength data. This volume limited, K-band selected sample is composed of galaxies spanning the whole range of morphological types and environments. We conduct a statistical study on the ISM properties of nearby galaxies based on the analysis of their SED. To achieve this goal, we fit the data with the models of Draine & Li (2007) to obtain the intensity of interstellar radiation field, the PAH abundance, the contribution of photodissociation regions, and the dust mass.

Keywords

galaxies: ISM

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