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Interstellar Dust in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Geoffrey C. Clayton and
Peter G. Martin
Geoffrey C. Clayton
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto
Peter G. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto

Abstract

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New IUE observations confirm the differences between the Galactic and LMC ultraviolet extinction curves and show some evidence for variations within the LMC. Visual and infrared photometry and polarimetry show that the anomalous properties of the LMC dust do not extend to longer wavelengths. Despite the much different dust to gas ratios in the Galaxy and the Magellanic clouds, the dust formation efficiency is similar when the abundances are included.

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