<i>SPITZER</i>SURVEY OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD, SURVEYING THE AGENTS OF A GALAXY'S EVOLUTION (SAGE). IV. DUST PROPERTIES IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM

Jean-Philippe Bernard, W. T. Reach, Déborah Paradis, M. Meixner, R. Paladini, Akiko Kawamura, Toshikazu Onishi, U. Vijh, Karl D. Gordon, R. Indebetouw,

The Astronomical Journal · 2008 · 181 citations · 70 references

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H i mass. We show that it is plausible that the FIR excess is due to cold atomic gas that is optically thick in the 21 cm line, while the contribution by a pure H 2 phase with no CO emission remains a possible explanation.

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