Variation of mid-IR extinction Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Gao J.
  2. Jiang B.W.
  3. Li A.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Based on the data obtained from the Spitzer/Galactic Legacy Infrared Midplane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIPMSE) Legacy Program and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) project, we derive the extinction in the four IRAC bands, [3.6], [4.5], [5.8], and [8.0]um, relative to the 2MASS Ks band (at 2.16um) for 131 GLIPMSE fields along the Galactic plane within |l|<=65{deg}, using red giants and red clump giants as tracers. As a whole, the mean extinction in the IRAC bands (normalized to the 2MASS Ks band), A_[3.6]_/A_Ks_~0.63+/-0.01, A_[4.5]_/A_Ks_~0.57+/-0.03, A_[5.8]/A_Ks_~0.49+/-0.03, A_[8.0]_/A_Ks_~0.55+/-0.03, exhibits little variation with wavelength (i.e., the extinction is somewhat flat or gray). As far as individual sightline is concerned, however, the wavelength dependence of the mid-infrared interstellar extinction A_{lambda}_/A_Ks_ varies from one sightline to another, suggesting that there may not exist a "universal" IR extinction law.

Keywords
  1. extinction
  2. galaxy-planes
  3. milky-way-galaxy
  4. interstellar-medium
  5. giant-stars
  6. infrared-photometry
  7. surveys
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2009ApJ...707...89G
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/707/89
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/707/89
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17070089

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History

2012-01-26T08:32:17Z
Resource record created
2012-01-26T08:32:17Z
Created
2012-11-13T06:15:41Z
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