The origin of the dust extinction curve in milky way-like galaxies

ABSTRACT We develop a cosmological model for the evolution of dust grains in galaxies with a distribution of sizes in order to understand the origin of the Milky Way dust extinction curve. Our model considers the formation of active dust in evolved stars, growth by accretion and coagulation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li, Qi, Narayanan, Desika, Torrey, Paul, Davé, Romeel, Vogelsberger, Mark
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142384