We report Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of the 880 \mu m dustcontinuum emission for four dust-obscured galaxies (DOGs) in the localuniverse. Two DOGs are clearly detected with S_\nu(880 \mu m)=10-13 mJy andS/N>5, but the other two are not detected with 3{\sigma} upper limits ofS_\nu(880 \mu m)=5-9 mJy. Including an additional two local DOGs withsubmillimeter data from the literature, we determine the dust masses andtemperatures for six local DOGs. The infrared luminosities and dust masses forthese DOGs are in the range 1.2-4.9x10^{11} (L_sun) and 4-14x10^{7} (M_sun),respectively. The dust temperatures derived from a two-component modifiedblackbody function are 23-26 K and 60-124 K for the cold and warm dustcomponents, respectively. Comparison of local DOGs with other infrared luminousgalaxies with submillimeter detections shows that the dust temperatures andmasses do not differ significantly among these objects. Thus, as arguedpreviously, local DOGs are not a distinctive population among dusty galaxies,but simply represent the high-end tail of the dust obscuration distribution.
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