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astro-ph.GA2026

High-spectral-resolution Observations of the [S II] Emission-line Doublet in the Filamentary Nebula Surrounding NGC 1275

Benjamin Vigneron, Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, Carter Lee Rhea +10

We analyze new high-spectral resolution SITELLE observations (R = = 7000) of the filamentary nebula surrounding NGC 1275, central galaxy of the Perseus cluster. We present h…

astro-ph.GA2026

A Long Period Stellar-Mass Black Hole Binary in Centauri

Matthew Whitaker, Evan Kerr, Anil Seth +16

Modern simulations of stellar dynamics in globular clusters peg a dominant role for stellar-mass black holes, but direct evidence for black holes in clusters remains limited. We pr…

astro-ph.GA2026

Full-polarization millimeter wavelength variability of Sagittarius A* during the 2018 EHT campaign

Ezequiel Albentosa-Ruiz, Jasmin E. Washington, Nicola Marchili +272

Sagittarius A* (Srg A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, provides a unique laboratory to study accretion dynamics and plasma processes near the event ho…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 3 cited

HST view of NGC 5044: Constraints on Filament Widths, Magnetic Support, Multiphase Structure, and Comparison with Cluster Environments

Prathamesh Tamhane, Ming Sun, William Waldron +12

We present new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of ionised filaments in the brightest group galaxy NGC 5044. These filaments extend several kiloparsecs and have widths of $\sim…

astro-ph.GA2026

Calibrating Mid-Infrared Emission Features As Diagnostics of Star Formation in Infrared-Luminous Galaxies via Radiative Transfer Modeling

L. Robinson, D. Farrah, A. Efstathiou +13

Luminous infrared galaxies are key sites of obscured stellar mass assembly at z > 0.5. Their star formation rates (SFRs) are often estimated using the luminosities of the 6.2 micro…

astro-ph.GA2026

QED V: Variations in metal loading of galactic winds with element nucleosynthetic origin

Aditi Vijayan, Mark R. Krumholz, Benjamin D. Wibking

Type Ia supernovae, type II supernovae, and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are important sites of stellar nucleosynthesis, but they differ greatly in their rates, their locati…

astro-ph.GA2025

Constraining star formation in M87 using deep HST UV data

Prathamesh Tamhane, William Waldron, Ming Sun +11

We analyzed the deepest Hubble Space Telescope (HST) F275W ultraviolet (UV) imaging of M87 to obtain the most robust constraints on its star formation rate (SFR) and star formation…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Millimeter-wave observations of Euclid Deep Field South using the South Pole Telescope: A data release of temperature maps and catalogs

M. Archipley, A. Hryciuk, L. E. Bleem +108

Context. The South Pole Telescope third-generation camera (SPT-3G) has observed over 10,000 square degrees of sky at 95, 150, and 220 GHz (3.3, 2.0, 1.4 mm, respectively) and will…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Introducing the Descriptive Parametric Model: Gaseous Profiles for Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters

Benjamin D. Oppenheimer, G. Mark Voit, Yannick M. Bahé +14

We develop and present the Descriptive Parametric Model (DPM), a tool for generating profiles of gaseous halos (pressure, electron density, and metallicity) as functions of radius,…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 8 cited

PAC in DESI. I. Galaxy Stellar Mass Function into the Frontier

Kun Xu, Y. P. Jing, Shaun Cole +34

The Photometric Objects Around Cosmic Webs (PAC) method integrates cosmological photometric and spectroscopic surveys, offering valuable insights into galaxy formation. PAC measure…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 7 cited

Magnetic fields limit the mass of Population III stars even before the onset of protostellar radiation feedback

Piyush Sharda, Shyam H. Menon, Roman Gerasimov +5

The masses of Population III stars are largely unconstrained since no simulations exist that take all relevant primordial star formation physics into account. We perform the first…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Star Formation, Nebulae, and Active Galactic Nuclei in CLASH Brightest Cluster Galaxies. I. Dependence on Core Entropy of Intracluster Medium

Arsen Levitskiy, Jeremy Lim, Youichi Ohyama +2

We set the stage for reassessing how star formation, emission-line nebulae, and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) depend on the thermodynamics of t…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

A novel numerical method for mixed-frame multigroup radiation-hydrodynamics with GPU acceleration implemented in the QUOKKA code

Chong-Chong He, Benjamin D. Wibking, Mark R. Krumholz

Mixed-frame formulations of radiation-hydrodynamics (RHD), where the radiation quantities are computed in an inertial frame but matter quantities are in a comoving frame, are advan…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 7 cited

On the limitations of H alpha luminosity as a star formation tracer in spatially resolved observations

Zipeng Hu, Benjamin D. Wibking, Mark R. Krumholz +1

This study examines the limitations of H luminosity as a tracer of star formation rates (SFR) in spatially resolved observations. We carry out high-resolution simulations of a M…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 15 cited

The properties of magnetised cold filaments in a cool-core galaxy cluster

Martin Fournier, Philipp Grete, Marcus Brüggen +2

Filaments of cold gas ( K) are found in the inner regions of many cool-core clusters. These structures are thought to play a major role in the regulation of feedback…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

High-Spectral Resolution Observations of the Optical Filamentary Nebula in NGC 1275

Benjamin Vigneron, Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, Carter Lee Rhea +18

We present new high-spectral resolution observations (R = = 7000) of the filamentary nebula surrounding NGC 1275, the central galaxy of the Perseus cluster. These observatio…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

The Case for Hot-Mode Accretion in Abell 2029

Deovrat Prasad, G. Mark Voit, Brian W. O'Shea

Radiative cooling and AGN heating are thought to form a feedback loop that regulates the evolution of low redshift cool-core galaxy clusters. Numerical simulations suggest that for…

astro-ph.GA2023

ReveaLLAGN 0: First Look at JWST MIRI data of Sombrero and NGC 1052

K. Goold, A. Seth, M. Molina +28

We present the first results from the Revealing Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (ReveaLLAGN) survey, a JWST survey of seven nearby LLAGN. We focus on two observations with th…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

Investigating the Dark Matter Halo of NGC 5128 using a Discrete Dynamical Model

Antoine Dumont, Anil C. Seth, Jay Strader +7

As the nearest accessible massive early-type galaxy, NGC 5128 presents an exceptional opportunity to measure dark matter halo parameters for a representative elliptical galaxy. Her…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 22 cited

RadioAstron Space VLBI Imaging of the jet in M87: I. Detection of high brightness temperature at 22 GHz

Jae-Young Kim, Tuomas Savolainen, Petr Voitsik +19

We present results from the first 22 GHz space very-long-baseline interferometric (VLBI) imaging observations of M87 by RadioAstron. As a part of the Nearby AGN Key Science Program…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 8 cited

A variable active galactic nucleus at triply-imaged by the galaxy cluster MACS J0035.4-2015

Lukas J. Furtak, Ramesh Mainali, Adi Zitrin +32

We report the discovery of a triply imaged active galactic nucleus (AGN), lensed by the galaxy cluster MACS J0035.4-2015 (). The object is detected in Hubble…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 14 cited

HST viewing of spectacular star-forming trails behind ESO 137-001

William Waldron, Ming Sun, Rongxin Luo +8

We present the results from the HST WFC3 and ACS data on an archetypal galaxy undergoing ram pressure stripping (RPS), ESO 137-001, in the nearby cluster Abell 3627. ESO 137-001 is…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 18 cited

Multiple shock fronts in RBS 797: the Chandra window on shock heating in galaxy clusters

F. Ubertosi, M. Gitti, F. Brighenti +11

Using 427 ks of Chandra observations, we present a study of shock heating and ICM cooling in the galaxy cluster RBS 797. We discover three nested pairs of weak shocks at roug…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 28 cited

As a matter of dynamical range -- scale dependent energy dynamics in MHD turbulence

Philipp Grete, Brian W. O'Shea, Kris Beckwith

Magnetized turbulence is ubiquitous in many astrophysical and terrestrial plasmas but no universal theory exists. Even the detailed energy dynamics in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) tur…