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SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT
We propose to carry out with ISOPHOT a spatially resolved study of the
dust distribution in the disks of different archetypes of spiral galaxies,
and thereby investigate the spatial distribution of star formation -
spontaneous and triggered - in relation to the optical image and to the
spiral pattern, i.e. to the dynamical properties of the galaxy (density
waves, bars, etc.).
In order to discriminate dust components of different temperatures we
will perform the observations in several colors from 25 to 160 um.
OBSERVATION STRATEGY
In this subproposal 5 spirals will be mapped with P2, C100 and C200, using
the AOTs P03 and P32, with filters at 25, 60, 100, and 160um.
- M101 will be mapped with P32 over an area of 24'x24': Oversampling
factor is 3/2 for C100, 15x20 raster steps, integration times are 32sec at
60um,16sec at 100um. Oversampling for C200 is 2, 15x30 step are needed,
integra-tion time at 160um is 8sec. For the P2 detector, only the central
area of 11'x11' will be mapped with AOT P03 in raster staring mode: filter
25um, aperture 52", 13x13 steps with raster step size of 52"; integration
time 32sec. For the outer regimes sparse mapping will be done (AOT P17-19)
with identical aperture and integration time.
Additional data at 25um will be available from from sparse maps done in
project ISO424 ("Star formation in disk HII regions", proposed by
Hippelein et al.).
- M51 will be mapped within an area of 15'x15', which needs 10x13 raster
steps for C100 (oversampling 3/2, integration times 32sec at 60um, 16sec
at 100um), and 10x20 raster points for C200 (integration time 8sec).
- M83 will be done over the same area and with the same number of raster
points, but with integration times of 16, 8, and 8sec at 60, 100 and
160um, respectively.
- M94 will be mapped with C100 and C200 over an area of 7'x7': 5x7 raster
points for C100, with intergation times 32sec at 60um and 16sec at 100um;
5x10 raster points for C200, with integration time of 8sec at 160um.
- N1365 will be mapped with C100 and C200 over an area of 12'x12': 8x10
points for C100, with intergation times 32sec at 60um and 16sec at 100um;
8x16 raster points for C200, with integration time of 8sec at 160um.
- In the case of the edge-on galaxy N891, a scan along the minor axis
will be performed, using AOT P15 at 25um, with aperture 52", 8+2 steps
of 52" and with 2x32sec (repetition) integration time. With C100 and C200,
the step size will be 92", the number of step 5+2, and integration times
32, 16, and 16sec at 60, 100, and 160um, respectively.
All galaxies will also be targets for CAM observations by Bonoli et al..
For autumn the total integration time is 41312sec, total performance time
64853sec (efficiency = 64%); numbers for spring: 41936sec, 64645sec (65%).