We have expertise in dust physics and dust spectral energy distribution modeling with our in-house state-of-the-art hierarchical bayesian dust model HERBIE (developped by F. Galliano) which is applied on spatially-resolved scales and globally in galaxies.
We have expertise in the gas physics and radiative transfert modeling using, in particular, the photoionization and photodissociation region codes Cloudy and Meudon PDR. We have built grids of models to interpret gas emission on spatially-resolved as well as global scales.
Besides exploiting the rich archives of past telescopes, we are proactive in acquiring, for the Magellanic Clouds and nearby galaxies, far-IR observations with the instruments GREAT and FIFI-LS onboard the SOFIA observatory and submillimeter observations with ground-based observatories such as ALMA or IRAM. We are also preparing for the JWST.
This is a list of the main large collaboration projects that members of the group are currently involved in.
Dustpedia is a European project that aims to provide multi-wavelength
photometry of all extended nearby galaxies observed with Herschel, and
tools to model and interpret their dust properties.
It is a FP7 collaboration between CEA, IAS, Athens, Cardiff, Ghent.
Website: http://dustpedia.com/index.php
The Dwarf Galaxy Survey (DGS) is a Herschel key program led by Suzanne Madden
that observed 50 nearby low-metallicity galaxies in photometry and spectroscopy
to study the properties of their star-forming interstellar medium.
Website: http://thesis.cormier.free.fr/shared/dgsweb/
Mega-SAGE in an international collaboration led by Margaret Meixner, based on
Spitzer programs follow-up with Herschel. Its aim is to study the properties of
young and evolved stars and of the ISM in the Large and Samll Magellanic Clouds.
Website: http://sage.stsci.edu/index.php
(since Nov. 2017)
This is a list of first-author refereed publications from members of the group since 2017.