| Name | OT2_dhunter_4 |
| Title | Dust and Star Formation at Low Metallicities |
| URL | http://archives.esac.esa.int/hsa/whsa-tap-server/data?retrieval_type=OBSERVATION&observation_id=1342245178&instrument_name=SPIRE&product_level=LEVEL0&compress=true |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-fnjkaqt |
| Author | hunter, d. |
| Description | Dust affects the cooling cycle in the ISM and this affects the ability of a galaxyto form cold, dense clouds that can form stars. Thus, the low dust content of dwarfirregular galaxies should have consequences to the star formation process,but just what is the connection? We propose to use SPIRE and PACS to mapthe FIR dust continuum emission of 5 dwarf galaxies, specifically extendingthe sample of nearby resolved dwarfs being observed under KP/GT/OT1 programs to 5x lower metallicities. We will construct spatially resolved FIR spectral energydistributions and determine the dust components. That, in combination withour exquisite HI maps and comprehensive images tracing star formation overthree age scales, will allow us to examine the relationship between the dust content, gas, and star formation in dwarf irregular galaxies as a function of metallicity. These data will be unique in the wealth of information they will provide about dust at very low metallicities, and this will be important for understanding the formation of stars in the early universe. |
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| Instrument | PACS_PacsPhoto_largeScan, SPIRE_SpirePhoto_large |
| Temporal Coverage | 2012-05-01T02:51:31Z/2012-11-27T14:37:45Z |
| Version | SPG v14.2.0 |
| Mission Description | Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities. |
| Creator Contact | https://support.cosmos.esa.int/h®erschel/ |
| Date Published | 2013-05-27T13:19:11Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-02 |
| Keywords | Herschel Space Observatory data, ESA Herschel mission dataset, far-infrared astronomy observations, submillimeter astronomy data, infrared space telescope observations, PACS photometer data, PACS spectrometer data, SPIRE photometer data, SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer data, HIFI heterodyne spectroscopy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, submillimeter spectral line observations, cold universe observations dataset, star formation infrared data, molecular cloud far-infrared observations, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, protoplanetary disk infrared observations, galaxy evolution far-infrared data, dust emission submillimeter observations, cosmic infrared background measurements, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated level 2 data products, FITS files astronomy, spectral cubes far-infrared, flux-calibrated maps, continuum photometry data, spectral energy distribution measurements, ESA Herschel Science Archive data |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, hunter et al., 2013, 'Dust and Star Formation at Low Metallicities', SPG v14.2.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-fnjkaqt |