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astro-ph.GA2026

The emerging timescale of young star clusters regulated by cluster stellar mass

Alex Pedrini, Angela Adamo, Daniela Calzetti +23

Quantifying the timescales of star cluster emergence from their natal clouds remains one of the main challenges in understanding the star formation process. These timescales are fu…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Calibration of Short Wavelength Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission as Star Formation Rate Indicators with JWST

Benjamin Gregg, Daniela Calzetti, Angela Adamo +18

We use JWST/NIRCam and MIRI imaging acquired by the Feedback in Emerging extrAgalactic Star clusTers (FEAST) program along with archival HST imaging to map ionized gas (Pa, Br$…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Spatial Evolution of Star Clusters in NGC 628 with JWST

Anne S. M. Buckner, Ana Duarte-Cabral, Angela Adamo +23

We examine the spatial distribution of star clusters in NGC 628 using the statistical tool INDICATE to quantify clustering tendencies. Our sample, based on HST and JWST observation…

astro-ph.GA2025

FEAST: probing the stellar population of the starburst dwarf galaxy NGC4449 with JWST/NIRCam

Matteo Correnti, Giacomo Bortolini, Flavia Dell'Agli +22

We present new JWST/NIRCam observations of the starburst irregular galaxy NGC 4449, obtained in Cycle 1 as part of the Feedback in Emerging extrAgalactic Star clusTers (FEAST) prog…

astro-ph.GA2025

FEAST: JWST uncovers the emerging timescales of young star clusters in M83

Alice Knutas, Angela Adamo, Alex Pedrini +23

We present JWST NIRCam observations of the emerging young star clusters (eYSCs) detected in the nearby spiral galaxy M83. The NIRcam mosaic encompasses the nuclear starburst, the b…

astro-ph.GA2024

Feedback in Emerging extragAlactic Star clusTers, FEAST: JWST spots PAH destruction in NGC 628 during the emerging phase of star formation

Alex Pedrini, Angela Adamo, Daniela Calzetti +21

We investigate the emergence phase of young star clusters in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 628. We use JWST NIRCam and MIRI observations to create spatially resolved maps of the Pa$…

astro-ph.GA2022

The Dense Gas Mass Fraction and the Relationship to Star Formation in M51

Mark Heyer, Benjamin Gregg, Daniela Calzetti +15

Observations of 12CO J=1-0 and HCN J=1-0 emission from NGC 5194 (M51) made with the 50~meter Large Millimeter Telescope and the SEQUOIA focal plane array are presented. Using the H…

astro-ph.GA2024

Feedback in Emerging Extragalactic Star Clusters (JWST--FEAST): Calibration of Star Formation Rates in the Mid-Infrared with NGC 628

Daniela Calzetti, Angela Adamo, Sean T. Linden +19

New JWST near-infrared imaging of the nearby galaxy NGC 628 from the Cycle 1 program JWST-FEAST is combined with archival JWST mid-infrared imaging to calibrate the 21 m emissi…

astro-ph.GA2025

Power Spectra of JWST Images of Local Galaxies: Searching for Disk Thickness

Bruce G. Elmegreen, Angela Adamo, Varun Bajaj +13

JWST/MIRI images have been used to study the Fourier transform power spectra (PS) of two spiral galaxies, NGC 628 and NGC 5236, and two dwarfs, NGC 4449 and NGC 5068, at distances…

astro-ph.GA2024

Feedback in emerging extragalactic star clusters, FEAST: The relation between 3.3 m PAH emission and Star Formation Rate traced by ionized gas in NGC 628

Benjamin Gregg, Daniela Calzetti, Angela Adamo +23

We present maps of ionized gas (traced by Pa and Br) and 3.3 m Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) emission in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 628, derived from new JWST…

astro-ph.GA2025

FEAST: JWST/NIRCam view of the Resolved Stellar Populations of the Interacting Dwarf Galaxies NGC~4485/NGC~4490

Giacomo Bortolini, Matteo Correnti, Angela Adamo +23

We present new JWST/NIRCam observations of the interacting dwarf galaxy system NGC 4485/NGC 4490 (a.k.a. Arp 269), obtained as part of the Cycle 1 Feedback in Emerging extrAgalacti…

astro-ph.GA2025

An Investigation of Disk Thickness in M51 from H-alpha, Pa-alpha, and Mid-Infrared Power Spectra

Bruce G. Elmegreen, Daniela Calzetti, Angela Adamo +27

Power spectra (PS) of high-resolution images of M51 (NGC 5194) taken with the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope have been examined for evidence of disk thic…

astro-ph.GA2022

Significant Molecular Gas Deficiencies in Star-forming Cluster Galaxies at

Stacey Alberts, Jéa Adams, Benjamin Gregg +3

We present the average gas properties derived from ALMA Band 6 dust continuum imaging of 126 massive (log ), star-forming cluster galaxies acros…

astro-ph.GA2025

The near infrared SED of young star clusters in the FEAST galaxies: Missing ingredients at 1-5 m

Alex Pedrini, Angela Adamo, Arjan Bik +23

We present a combined HST and JWST 0.2 - to - 5 m analysis of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of emerging young star clusters (eYSCs) in four nearby galaxies from the…

astro-ph.HE2019

A fast radio burst in the direction of the Virgo cluster

Devansh Agarwal, Duncan R. Lorimer, Anastasia Fialkov +19

The rate of fast radio bursts (FRBs) in the direction of nearby galaxy clusters is expected to be higher than the mean cosmological rate if intrinsically faint FRBs are numerous. I…

astro-ph.GA2025

Quantification of The Age Dependence of Mid-Infrared Star Formation Rate Indicators

Daniela Calzetti, Robert C. Kennicutt, Angela Adamo +33

We combine James Webb Space Telescope images of the nearby galaxy NGC 5194 in the hydrogen recombination line Pa-alpha (lambda=1.8756 micron) from the Cycle 1 program JWST-FEAST wi…

astro-ph.GA2022

Mid and Far-Infrared Color-Color Relations within Local Galaxies

Benjamin Gregg, Daniela Calzetti, Mark Heyer

We present an extensive archival analysis of a sample of local galaxies, combining multi-wavelength data from GALEX, Spitzer and Herschel to investigate "blue-side" mid-infrared (M…