Distribution and Evolution of Interstellar Dust
A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997). This special issue belongs to the section "Solar and Stellar Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 1610
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The extinction and reddening caused by interstellar dust grains pose a serious obstacle for the study of the structure and stellar populations of the Milky Way galaxy. In order to obtain the intrinsic luminosities or colors of the observed objects, it is necessary to correct for the dust extinction and reddening. For this purpose, we need to know the distribution of the dust. On the other hand, based on the knowledge of the dust distribution, we are able to further explore the properties as well as the structure of the interstellar dust of the Milky Way.
Over the last few decades, based on data from large-scale astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic surveys, we are able to obtain the extinction and distance values of hundreds of millions of individual stars, which has allowed us to make great progress in the study of the distribution of interstellar dust. This Special Issue will focus on the latest work on interstellar dust distribution, including but not limited to the measurement of stellar extinction or reddening values, the construction of 3D extinction maps, the dust structure in the Milky Way and other galaxies, the relationship between dust and gas, the molecular clouds traced by interstellar dust, etc.
Dr. Bingqiu Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dust
- extinction
- galaxy structure
- ISM structure
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