Reconstructing the stellar mass distributions of galaxies using S 4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 μm images. I. Correcting for contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, hot dust, and intermediate-age stars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 744, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Meidt, Sharon E ^a   Schinnerer, Eva ^a   Knapen, Johan H ^b,c   Bosma, Albert ^d   Athanassoula, E ^d   Sheth, Kartik ^e,f,g   Buta, Ronald J ^h   Zaritsky, Dennis ⁱ   Laurikainen, Eija ^j,k   Elmegreen, Debra ^l   Elmegreen, Bruce G ^m   Gadotti, Dimitri A ⁿ   Salo, Heikki ^j   Regan, Michael ^o   Ho, Luis C ^p   Madore, Barry F ^p   Hinz, Joannah L ⁱ   Skibba, Ramin A ⁱ   Gil De Paz, Armando ^q   Mũoz Mateos, Juan Carlos ^e   Menéndez Delmestre, Karín ^p   Seibert, Mark ^p   Kim, Taehyun ^e   Mizusawa, Trisha ^f,g   Laine, Jarkko ^j,k   Comerón, Sébastien ^r   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^l VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^m IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^o STScI   (United States)

^p CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^q UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^r Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

more..

Author keywords

galaxies: individual (NGC 1566, NGC2976, NGC3031, NGC3184, NGC4321, NGC5194); galaxies: stellar content; galaxies: structure; infrared: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755220975     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/744/1/17     Document Type: Article

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