[8.11] The Near-IR Continuum Emission in the ISM of Galaxies

AAS 198th Meeting, June 2001
Session 8. Normal Galaxies: Stellar Pops, ISM and Dynamics
Display, Monday, June 4, 2001, 9:20am-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall

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[8.11] The Near-IR Continuum Emission in the ISM of Galaxies

N. Lu (IPAC/Caltech)

Using the ISO spectroscopic data of a large sample of galaxies, we show that gas-bearing galaxies generally have a near-IR continuum in excess of their photospheric emission. We will discuss the spectroscopic propeties of this continuum emission and argue that it arises from the ISM of galaxies.

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