Publications (22)
GOALS-JWST: Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Nucleus of NGC 7469
L. Armus, T. Lai, V. U +32
We present mid-infrared spectroscopic observations of the nucleus of the nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC 7469 taken with the MIRI instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as p…
A High Resolution Search for Dual AGN Candidates in Mergers: A Pre-Selection Strategy using Keck AO
Camilo Vazquez, S. Satyapal, G. Canalizo +20
Accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in galaxy mergers with separations 1 kpc are crucial to our understanding of SMBH growth, galaxy evolution, and SMBH binary evolution…
GOALS-JWST: Pulling Back the Curtain on the AGN and Star Formation in VV 114
J. Rich, S. Aalto, A. S. Evans +33
We present results from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Director's Discretionary Time Early Release Science (ERS) program 1328 targeting the nearby, Luminous Infrared Galaxy…
A Comparison between Nuclear Ring Star Formation in LIRGs and Normal Galaxies with the Very Large Array
Y. Song, S. T. Linden, A. S. Evans +16
Nuclear rings are excellent laboratories for studying intense star formation. We present results from a study of nuclear star-forming rings in five nearby normal galaxies from the…
Mid-Infrared Spectral Diagnostics of Luminous Infrared Galaxies
A. O. Petric, L. Armus, J. Howell +22
We present a statistical analysis of the mid-infrared (MIR) spectra of 248 luminous infrared (IR) galaxies (LIRGs) which comprise the Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS…
The Nuclear Structure in Nearby Luminous Infrared Galaxies: HST NICMOS Imaging of the GOALS Sample
S. Haan, J. A. Surace, L. Armus +16
We present results of Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS H-band imaging of 73 of most luminous (i.e., log[L_IR/L_0]>11.4) Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs) in the Great Observatories All-sky LI…
Characterizing Compact 15-33 GHz Radio Continuum Sources in Local U/LIRGs
Y. Song, S. T. Linden, A. S. Evans +23
We present the analysis of pc-scale compact radio continuum sources detected in 63 local (Ultra) Luminous Infrared Galaxies (U/LIRGs; ), u…
A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance
K. W. Bannister, A. T. Deller, C. Phillips +51
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are brief radio emissions from distant astronomical sources. Some are known to repeat, but most are single bursts. Non-repeating FRB observations have had…
The Multi-phase Biconical Outflow in the local IR-Luminous Merger IRASF01364-1042
Y. Song, V. U, J. Kader +37
We investigate the spatially-resolved ISM properties of the local (), IR-luminous (\,L), late-stage galaxy merger IRAS F01364-1042, comb…
A Very Large Array Survey of Luminous Extranuclear Star-forming Regions in Luminous Infrared Galaxies in GOALS
S. T. Linden, Y. Song, A. S. Evans +13
We present the first results of a high-resolution Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) imaging survey of luminous and ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (U/LIRGs) in the Great Obser…
The Buried Starburst in the Interacting Galaxy II Zw 096 as Revealed by the Spitzer Space Telescope
Hanae Inami, L. Armus, J. A. Surace +31
An analysis of data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, and AKARI Infrared Astronomy Satellite is presented for the z=0.036 merging…
Star-forming Clumps in Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies
K. L. Larson, T. DÃaz-Santos, L. Armus +15
We present narrow-band near-infrared imaging of Pa and Pa emission of 48 local Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs) from the Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey (GO…
AT 2017gbl: a dust obscured TDE candidate in a luminous infrared galaxy
E. C. Kool, T. M. Reynolds, S. Mattila +26
We present the discovery with Keck of the extremely infrared (IR) luminous transient AT 2017gbl, coincident with the Northern nucleus of the luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) IRAS 23…
Molecular gas and dust properties of galaxies from the Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey
R. Herrero-Illana, G. C. Privon, A. S. Evans +23
We present IRAM-30m Telescope CO and CO observations of a sample of 55 luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs and ULIRGs) in the local universe. This sam…
High-Resolution Optical IFU Spectroscopy of the Complex Galaxy Merger II Zw 096
C. Riesco, E. Treister, G. Venturi +20
Luminous and Ultra-luminous IR galaxies ((U)LIRGs) are critical for investigating feedback mechanisms due to a combination of intense star formation (SF) episodes and active galact…
Optical, near-IR and sub-mm IFU Observations of the nearby dual AGN Mrk 463
E. Treister, G. C. Privon, L. F. Sartori +14
We present optical and near-IR Integral Field Unit (IFU) and ALMA band 6 observations of the nearby dual Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Mrk 463. At a distance of 210 Mpc, and a nucle…
Type-Ia Supernova Rates to Redshift 2.4 from CLASH: the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble
O. Graur, S. A. Rodney, D. Maoz +38
We present the supernova (SN) sample and Type-Ia SN (SN Ia) rates from the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH). Using the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the W…
C-GOALS II. Chandra Observations of the Lower Luminosity Sample of Nearby Luminous Infrared Galaxies in GOALS
N. Torres-AlbÃ, K. Iwasawa, T. DÃaz-Santos +14
We analyze Chandra X-ray observatory data for a sample of 63 luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs), sampling the lower-infrared luminosity range of the Great Observatories All-Sky LIR…
Mid-Infrared Properties of Nearby Luminous Infrared Galaxies I: Spitzer IRS Spectra for the GOALS Sample
S. Stierwalt, L. Armus, J. A. Surace +30
The Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) is a multiwavelength study of luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) in the local universe. Here we present low resolution Spitzer s…
GOALS: The Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey
L. Armus, J. M. Mazzarella, A. S. Evans +31
The Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS) combines data from NASA's Spitzer, Chandra, Hubble and GALEX observatories, together with ground-based data into a comprehensive…
GOALS-JWST: Resolved multi-phase molecular gas in IRAS 20551-4250 using JWST and ALMA
D. Kakkad, Y. Song, T. S. -Y. Lai +24
Studying the content and distribution of molecular gas provides key insights into how feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and star formation influences galaxy evolution, sin…
A hard X-ray view of Luminous and Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies in GOALS: I - AGN obscuration along the merger sequence
C. Ricci, G. C. Privon, R. W. Pfeifle +25
The merger of two or more galaxies can enhance the inflow of material from galactic scales into the close environments of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), obscuring and feeding the su…