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arxiv: 1903.09693 · v1 · pith:XWZQ3JTWnew · submitted 2019-03-22 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA

Astro2020: How does dust escape from galaxies?

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Whenever gas is blown out of a galaxy, chances are that it contains some cosmic dust. This dust is an important part of the metals budget for the circumgalactic and intergalactic media, and traces the outflow and stripping history of the galaxy. The dust is also interesting in its own right, as dust plays an essential role in many astrophysical processes. We have only begun to learn about circumgalactic dust, and in particular we do not know how (and when) it escapes its host galaxy. Here we describe the prospects for measuring the dust mass and properties around many individual galaxies, which will form the basis for understanding how the dust got there.

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