Invited review talk held at the ESA Workshop "Exploiting the ISO Data Archive. Infrared Astronomy in the Internet Age", Siguenza, Spain 24-27 June, 2002
astro-ph/0209622.

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FAR-INFRARED EMISSION FROM DUST IN NORMAL GALAXIES

Richard J. Tuffs 1 - Cristina C. Popescu 2,3,4


1 Astrophysics Division, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Richard.Tuffs@mpi-hd.mpg.de
2 The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Str., Pasadena, 91101 California, USA
popescu@ociw.edu
3 IPAC(Caltech/JPL), 770 S. Wilson Avenue, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
4 Research Associate, The Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Str. Cutitul de Argint 5, Bucharest, Romania


Abstract. We review the morphological and spectral energy distribution characteristics of the dust continuum emission (emitted in the 40-200 µm spectral range) from normal galaxies, as revealed by detailed ISOPHOT mapping observations of nearby spirals and by ISOPHOT observations of the integrated emissions from representative statistical samples in the local universe.


Key words: ISO


Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

ISOPHOT MAPPING OBSERVATIONS OF NEARBY SPIRALS

INTERPRETATION OF FIR EMISSION FROM NEARBY SPIRALS

ISOPHOT OBSERVATIONS OF STATISTICAL SAMPLES

INTERPRETATION OF FIR EMISSION FROM STATISTICAL SAMPLES

DUST OUTSIDE GALAXIES

REFERENCES

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