NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Two pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Two

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We have produced two-dimensional maps of the intensity ratio Q(sub 60) of 60 micron infrared to 20 cm radio continuum emission, for a set of 25 nearby galaxies, mostly spirals. The ratio maps were obtained from infrared images made using Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) data with the Maximum Correlation Method, and radio images made using VLA data. Before taking the ratio, the radio images were processed so as to have the same resolution properties as the infrared images; the final spatial resolution in all cases is approximately 1 min, corresponding to 1-2 kpc for most galaxies. These images allow us to study the variations for the Q(sub 60) ratio with unprecedented spatial resolution, and thus represents a major improvement over earlier work. Our new high-resolution maps confirm the slow decrease of Q(sub 60) with increasing radial distance from the nucleus, but show additional structure which is probably associated with separate sites of active star formation in the spiral arms.

The maps show Q(sub 60) to be more closely related to infrared surface brightness than to the radial distance in the galaxy disk. We expect that the results will provide improved constraints on the evolution (diffusion, decay and escape) of cosmic-ray electrons in the magnetic field of the disks

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 4/1/1994
• Year: 1994
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CONTINUUMS, CORRELATION, HIGH RESOLUTION, INFRARED ASTRONOMY SATELLITE, INFRARED IMAGERY, INFRARED RADIATION, RADIO EMISSION, SPATIAL RESOLUTION, SPIRAL GALAXIES, BRIGHTNESS, COSMIC RAYS, DIFFUSION, ELECTRONS, MAGNETIC FIELDS, STAR FORMATION, Marsh, Kenneth A., Helou, George

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