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astro-ph.GA2024★ 22 cited

MICONIC: Dual active galactic nuclei, star formation, and ionised gas outflows in NGC 6240 seen with MIRI/JWST

L. Hermosa Muñoz, A. Alonso-Herrero, A. Labiano +19

As part of the guaranteed time observations program Mid-Infrared Characterization Of Nearby Iconic galaxy Centers (MICONIC), we used the medium-resolution spectrometer (MRS) of the…

astro-ph.GA2024

The interdependence between density PDF, CMF and IMF and their relation with Mach number in simulations

Arturo Nuñez-Castiñeyra, Matthias González, Noé Brucy +3

The initial mass function (IMF) of stars and the corresponding cloud mass function (CMF), traditionally considered universal, exhibit variations that are influenced by the local en…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

Behind the dust veil: A panchromatic view of an optically dark galaxy at z=4.82

Nikolaj B. Sillassen, Shuowen Jin, Georgios E. Magdis +30

Optically dark dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) play an essential role in massive galaxy formation at early cosmic time, however their nature remains elusive. Here we present a…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Inelastic H + H Collision rates and their impact in the determination of the excitation temperature of H

Daniel Felix-Gonzalez, Pablo del Mazo-Sevillano, Alfredo Aguado +5

Context. In dffuse interstellar clouds the excitation temperature derived from the lowest levels of H is systematically lower than that derived from H2. The differences may b…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

Dust emission from the bulk of galaxies at the Epoch of Reionization

L. Ciesla, S. Adscheid, B. Magnelli +6

[Abridged] Our view of dust in primordial galaxies is limited towards a few tens of z~7 galaxies, pre-selected from UV-optical observations, and are thus not necessarily representa…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 9 cited

Euclid: Early Release Observations of diffuse stellar structures and globular clusters as probes of the mass assembly of galaxies in the Dorado group

M. Urbano, P. -A. Duc, T. Saifollahi +160

Deep surveys reveal tidal debris and associated compact stellar systems. Euclid's unique combination of capabilities (spatial resolution, depth, and wide sky coverage) will make it…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Full disc [CII] mapping of nearby star-forming galaxies: SOFIA FIFI/LS observations of NGC 3627, NGC 4321, and NGC 6946

I. Kovačić, A. T. Barnes, F. Bigiel +20

As a major cooling line of interstellar gas, the far-infrared 158 μm line from singly ionised carbon [CII] is an important tracer of various components of the interstellar medium i…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Recovering the properties of the interstellar medium through integrated spectroscopy: application to the z~0 ECO volume-limited star-forming galaxy sample

V. Lebouteiller, C. T. Richardson, M. S. Polimera +7

Deriving physical parameters from integrated galaxy spectra is paramount to interpret the cosmic evolution of star formation, chemical enrichment, and energetic sources. We develop…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Hidden in Pixels. I. Discovery of dual "little red dots" indicates excess clustering on kilo-parsec scales

Takumi S. Tanaka, John D. Silverman, Kazuhiro Shimasaku +56

``Little Red Dots'' (LRDs) are an abundant high-redshift population newly discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and considered to be an early growth phase of supermas…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 16 cited

PANORAMIC: Discovery of an Ultra-Massive Grand-Design Spiral Galaxy at

Mengyuan Xiao, Christina C. Williams, Pascal A. Oesch +26

We report the discovery of an ultra-massive grand-design red spiral galaxy, named Zhúlóng (Torch Dragon), at in the JWST PANORAMIC survey, identi…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 5 cited

Dark matter fraction derived from the M31 rotation curve

F. Hammer, Y. B. Yang, P. Amram +6

Mass estimates of a spiral galaxy derived from its rotation curve must account for the galaxy's past accretion history. There are several lines of evidence indicating that M31 expe…

astro-ph.GA2024

Are Stellar Embryos in Perseus Radio-Synchrotron Emitters? Statistical data analysis with Herschel and LOFAR paving the way for the SKA

Andrea Bracco, Marco Padovani, Daniele Galli +3

Cosmic rays (CRs) are fundamental to the chemistry and physics of star-forming regions, influencing molecular gas ionization, mediating interactions with interstellar magnetic fiel…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 18 cited

Molecular gas stratification and disturbed kinematics in the Seyfert galaxy MCG-05-23-16 revealed by JWST and ALMA

D. Esparza-Arredondo, C. Ramos Almeida, A. Audibert +30

Understanding the processes that drive the morphology and kinematics of molecular gas in galaxies is crucial for comprehending star formation and, ultimately, galaxy evolution. Usi…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Probing the heating of the neutral atomic interstellar medium in the Dwarf Galaxy Survey through infrared cooling lines

Maxime Varese, Vianney Lebouteiller, Lise Ramambason +3

Star formation in galaxies is regulated by dynamical and thermal processes. The photoelectric effect on small dust grains usually dominates the heating of the star-forming neutral…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

Modelling of long gamma-ray burst host galaxies at cosmic noon from damped Lyman-α absorption statistics

J. -K. Krogager, A. De Cia, K. E. Heintz +11

We study the properties of long gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies using a statistical modelling framework derived to model damped Lyman- absorbers (DLAs) in quasar spectra at…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Supernova Shocks in Molecular Clouds: Shocks Driven into Dense Cores in IC 443 and 3C 391

William T. Reach, Ngoc Le Tram, Curtis DeWitt +3

Supernova shocks into dense molecular cores in IC 443 (clumps B, C, and G) and 3C 391 were observed using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy and complemented by a…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Central kiloparsec region of Andromeda. I. Dynamical modelling

Lucie Cros, Françoise Combes, Anne-Laure Melchior +1

The Andromeda galaxy (M31) is the most nearby giant spiral galaxy, an opportunity to study with high resolution dynamical phenomena occurring in nuclear disks and bulges, able to e…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 13 cited

Kinetic tomography of the Galactic plane within 1.25 kiloparsecs from the Sun. The interstellar flows revealed by HI and CO line emission and 3D dust

J. D. Soler, S. Molinari, S. C. O. Glover +10

We present a reconstruction of the line-of-sight motions of the local interstellar medium (ISM) based on the combination of a model of the three-dimensional dust density distributi…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

Toward a robust physical and chemical characterization of heterogeneous lines of sight: The case of the Horsehead nebula

Léontine Ségal, Antoine Roueff, Jérôme Pety +28

Dense cold molecular cores/filaments are surrounded by an envelope of translucent gas. Some of the low-J emission lines of CO and HCO isotopologues are more sensitive to the co…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 6 cited

New stellar age estimates using SPInS based on Gaia DR3 photometry and LAMOST DR8 abundances

L. Casamiquela, D. R. Reese, Y. Lebreton +8

Reliable stellar age estimates are fundamental for testing several problems in modern astrophysics, in particular since they set the time scales of Galactic dynamical and chemical…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS). X. Observational effects of turbulence on the chemistry of molecular clouds

L. Beitia-Antero, A. Fuente, D. Navarro-Almaida +12

(Abridged) We explore the chemistry of the most abundant C, O, S, and N bearing species in molecular clouds, in the context of the IRAM 30 m Large Programme Gas phase Elemental abu…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 10 cited

ALMA-IMF XVIII: The assembly of a star cluster: Dense NH (1-0) kinematics in the massive G351.77 protocluster

N. A. Sandoval-Garrido, A. M. Stutz, R. H. Álvarez-Gutiérrez +20

ALMA-IMF observed 15 massive protoclusters capturing multiple spectral lines and the continuum emission. We focus on the G351.77 protocluster ( 2500 M, estimated fr…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 15 cited

A Giant Disk Galaxy Two Billion Years After The Big Bang

Weichen Wang, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Antonio Pensabene +14

Observational studies showed that galaxy disks are already in place in the first few billion years of the universe. The early disks detected so far, with typical half-light radii o…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

Quantifying the informativity of emission lines to infer physical conditions in giant molecular clouds. I. Application to model predictions

Lucas Einig, Pierre Palud, Antoine Roueff +29

Observations of ionic, atomic, or molecular lines are performed to improve our understanding of the interstellar medium (ISM). However, the potential of a line to constrain the phy…