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The Birth and Early Feedback of Massive Star Clusters Across the Local Universe
Jiayi Sun, Rebecca C. Levy, Cecilia Bacchini +11
Young massive star clusters (YMCs; ) represent a distinct, extreme mode of star formation and the closest present-day analogues of the environments in wh…
JWST Observations of Starbursts: A Young Bubble in NGC 253's Central Starburst
Kaitlyn E. Sheriff, Elisabeth A. C. Mills, Xinyu Mai +31
We present a multi-wavelength analysis of a young bubble in the nuclear starburst of NGC 253 using new JWST MIRI-MRS observations together with archival ALMA (100, 350, 690 GHz) an…
The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: Star Formation Efficiency and Galaxy Quenching across 62 Main Sequence, Green Valley, and Red Galaxies
Yu-Hsuan Teng, Alberto D. Bolatto, Peter J. Teuben +26
We present GBT-EDGE, a new CO(1-0) survey using the Green Bank Telescope to map 62 nearby (10-140 Mpc) galaxies spanning the star-forming main sequence (SFMS), green valley, and re…
Survival of very small carbonaceous dust grains in the inner-CGM of NGC 891 from JWST/MIRI MRS
Jérémy Chastenet, Ilse De Looze, Karl D. Gordon +26
We present new spectroscopic observations of the inner circumgalactic medium (CGM) of NGC 891 taken with the Mid-Infrared Imager/Medium Resolution Spectroscopy instrument onboard J…
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Molecular Hydrogen Excitation and Disequilibrium in M82
Sara E. Duval, J. D. T. Smith, Alberto D. Bolatto +24
Emission from the pure rotational transitions of H traces warm molecular gas, providing insight into its temperature distribution and local heating conditions. We have extended…
Molecular gas and star formation in central rings across nearby galaxies
Damian R. Gleis, Sophia K. Stuber, Eva Schinnerer +20
Nearby galaxies exhibit a variety of structures, including central rings, similar to the MW Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). These rings are common in barred galaxies and can be gas-r…
JWST Observations of Starbursts: PAHs Closely Trace the Cool Phase of M82's Galactic Wind
Sebastian Lopez, Colton Ring, Adam K. Leroy +30
Stellar feedback drives multiphase gas outflows from starburst galaxies, but the interpretation of dust emission in these winds remains uncertain. To investigate this, we analyze n…
Physical Conditions of the Ionized Superwind in NGC 253 with VLT/MUSE
Serena A. Cronin, Alberto D. Bolatto, Enrico Congiu +7
We present an analysis of the H-emitting ionized gas in the warm phase of the NGC 253 outflow using integral field spectroscopy from the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE)…
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Relations between PAH features and CO clouds in the starburst galaxy M 82
V. Villanueva, A. D. Bolatto, R. Herrera-Camus +22
We present a study of new 7.7-11.3 m data obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope Mid-InfraRed Instrument in the starburst galaxy M 82. In particular, we focus on the depen…
Cool dark gas in Cygnus X: The first large-scale mapping of low-frequency carbon recombination lines
Kimberly L. Emig, Pedro Salas, Loren D. Anderson +14
Understanding the transition from atomic gas to molecular gas is critical to explain the formation and evolution of molecular clouds. However, the gas phases involved, cold HI and…
Tracing the earliest stages of star and cluster formation in 19 nearby galaxies with PHANGS-JWST and HST: compact 3.3 m PAH emitters and their relation to the optical census of star clusters
M. Jimena Rodríguez, Janice C. Lee, Remy Indebetouw +25
The earliest stages of star and cluster formation are hidden within dense cocoons of gas and dust, limiting their detection at optical wavelengths. With the unprecedented infrared…
JWST MIRI and NIRCam observations of NGC 891 and its circumgalactic medium
Jérémy Chastenet, Ilse De Looze, Monica Relaño +37
We present new JWST observations of the nearby, prototypical edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 891. The northern half of the disk was observed with NIRCam in its F150W and F277W filters.…
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Massive Star Clusters in the Central Starburst of M82
Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Divakara Mayya +25
We present a near infrared (NIR) candidate star cluster catalog for the central kiloparsec of M82 based on new JWST NIRCam images. We identify star cluster candidates using the F25…
Disk Turbulence and Star Formation Regulation in High Main Sequence Analogue Galaxies
Laura Lenkić, Deanne B. Fisher, Alberto D. Bolatto +7
The gas-phase velocity dispersions in disk galaxies, which trace turbulence in the interstellar medium, are observed to increase with lookback time. However, the mechanisms that se…
Neutral atomic and molecular gas dynamics in the nearby spiral galaxies NGC 1512, NGC 4535, and NGC 7496
Sebastian Laudage, Cosima Eibensteiner, Frank Bigiel +20
Neutral atomic gas (HI) effectively traces galactic dynamics across mid to large galactocentric radii. However, its limitations in observing small-scale changes within the central…
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Cold Clouds and Plumes Launching in the M82 Outflow
Deanne B. Fisher, Alberto D. Bolatto, John Chisholm +28
In this paper we study the filamentary substructure of 3.3 m PAH emission from JWST/NIRCam observations in the base of the M82 star-burst driven wind. We identify plume-like sub…
PHANGS-HST catalogs for 100,000 star clusters and compact associations in 38 galaxies: I. Observed properties
Daniel Maschmann, Janice C. Lee, David A. Thilker +24
We present the largest catalog to-date of star clusters and compact associations in nearby galaxies. We have performed a V-band-selected census of clusters across the 38 spiral gal…
The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: An Extragalactic Database for Galaxy Evolution Studies
Tony Wong, Yixian Cao, Yufeng Luo +22
The EDGE-CALIFA survey provides spatially resolved optical integral field unit (IFU) and CO spectroscopy for 125 galaxies selected from the CALIFA Data Release 3 sample. The Extrag…
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission at the Base of the M 82 Galactic Wind
Alberto D. Bolatto, Rebecca C. Levy, Elizabeth Tarantino +37
We present new observations of the central 1 kpc of the M 82 starburst obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) near-infrared camera (NIRCam) instrument at a resolution…
Hidden Gems on a Ring: Infant Massive Clusters and Their Formation Timeline Unveiled by ALMA, HST, and JWST in NGC 3351
Jiayi Sun, Hao He, Kyle Batschkun +38
We study young massive clusters (YMCs) in their embedded "infant" phase with ALMA, HST, and JWST observations targeting the central starburst ring in NGC…
The EDGE-CALIFA survey: Molecular Gas and Star Formation Activity Across the Green Valley
Vicente Villanueva, Alberto D. Bolatto, Stuart N. Vogel +11
We present a CO(=2-1) survey of 60 local galaxies using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Compact Array as part of the Extragalactic Database for Galax…
The JWST Galactic Center Survey -- A White Paper
Rainer Schoedel, Steve Longmore, Jonny Henshaw +111
The inner hundred parsecs of the Milky Way hosts the nearest supermassive black hole, largest reservoir of dense gas, greatest stellar density, hundreds of massive main and post ma…
[CII] Spectral Mapping of the Galactic Wind and Starbursting Disk of M82 with SOFIA
Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Elizabeth Tarantino +10
M82 is an archetypal starburst galaxy in the local Universe. The central burst of star formation, thought to be triggered by M82's interaction with other members in the M81 group,…
The EDGE-CALIFA Survey: Spatially Resolved 13CO(1-0) Observations and Variations in 12CO(1-0)/13CO(1-0) in Nearby Galaxies on kpc Scales
Yixian Cao, Tony Wong, Alberto D. Bolatto +12
We present 13CO(1-0) observations for the EDGE-CALIFA survey, which is a mapping survey of 126 nearby galaxies at a typical spatial resolution of 1.5 kpc. Using detected 12CO(1-0)…