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astro-ph.GA2026

Sequential Star-Formation and the Near-Infrared Stellar Populations within N159

Nolan Habel, E. Sabbi, Peter Zeidler +19

We present the first results from a JWST/NIRCam study of the star-forming region N159, one of the richest H II complexes in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This region stretches over $…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Stellar Population of NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud with JWST

J. Jaspers, P. Kavanagh, G. De Marchi +13

NGC 346 is a massive star-forming region located at a distance of 62 kpc, in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Due to its low metallicity (Z 1/5 Z), it is an…

astro-ph.GA2026

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…

astro-ph.GA2026

Spatially Resolved Star Formation relations in local LIRGs along the complete merger sequence

M. Sánchez-García, T. Díaz-Santos, L. Barcos-Muñoz +25

We investigate the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) at ~100 pc scales in a sample of 27 nearby luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs) spanning the entire merger sequence. In…

astro-ph.GA2025

A Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Young Stellar Objects in the SMC Region NGC 346: JWST Detects Dust, Accretion, Ices and Outflows

Nolan Habel, Omnarayani Nayak, Patrick J. Kavanagh +13

We present mid-infrared spectroscopic observations of intermediate- to high-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) in the low-metallicity star-forming region NGC 346 located within the…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2025

First detection of ices in intermediate-mass young stellar objects beyond the Milky Way

Guido De Marchi, Nolan Habel, Margaret Meixner +15

Using NIRSpec on JWST, we studied a sample of 15 intermediate-mass (1.8-4.1 Msun) young stellar objects (YSOs) previously identified with MIRI photometry in the low-metallicity NGC…

astro-ph.GA2025

Resolving Emission from Small Dust Grains in the Blue Compact Dwarf II Zw 40 with JWST

Thomas S. -Y. Lai, Sara Duval, J. D. T. Smith +15

We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) and Mid-infrared Instrument (MIRI) integral-field spectroscopy of the nearby blue compact dwarf II…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 11 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2024

GOALS-JWST: Constraining the Emergence Timescale for Massive Star Clusters in NGC 3256

Sean T. Linden, Thomas Lai, Aaron S. Evans +28

We present the results of a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam and NIRSpec investigation into the young massive star cluster (YMC) population of NGC 3256, the most cluster-ri…

astro-ph.GA2024

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…

astro-ph.GA2024

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…

astro-ph.GA2024

Imaging of I Zw 18 by JWST: II. Spatially resolved star formation history

Giacomo Bortolini, Göran Östlin, Nolan Habel +14

The blue compact dwarf galaxy I Zw 18 is one of the most metal-poor () star-forming galaxies in the local Universe. Its evolutionary status has sparked debate w…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2024

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…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 5 cited

CO Excitation in High-z Main Sequence Analogues: Resolved CO(4-3)/CO(3-2) Line Ratios in DYNAMO Galaxies

Laura Lenkić, Alberto D. Bolatto, Deanne B. Fisher +6

The spectral line energy distribution of carbon monoxide contains information about the physical conditions of the star forming molecular hydrogen gas; however, the relation to loc…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 17 cited

DUVET: Spatially Resolved Observations of Star Formation Regulation via Galactic Outflows in a Starbursting Disk Galaxy

Bronwyn Reichardt Chu, Deanne B. Fisher, Alberto D. Bolatto +14

We compare 500~pc scale, resolved observations of ionised and molecular gas for the starbursting disk galaxy IRAS08339+6517, using measurements from KCWI and NOEMA. We…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 32 cited

The Morpho-Kinematic Architecture of Super Star Clusters in the Center of NGC253

Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Adam K. Leroy +9

The center of the nearby galaxy NGC\,253 hosts a population of more than a dozen super star clusters (SSCs) which are still in the process of forming. The majority of the star form…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 12 cited

Cuspy dark matter density profiles in massive dwarf galaxies

Lauren H. Cooke, Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto +8

Rotation curves of galaxies probe their total mass distributions, including dark matter. Dwarf galaxies are excellent systems to investigate the dark matter density distribution, a…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 26 cited

ALMA Imaging of a Galactic Molecular Outflow in NGC4945

Alberto D. Bolatto, Adam K. Leroy, Rebecca C. Levy +10

We present the ALMA detection of molecular outflowing gas in the central regions of NGC4945, one of the nearest starbursts and also one of the nearest hosts of an active galactic n…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 15 cited

Giant Star Forming Complexes in High-z Main Sequence Galaxy Analogues: The Internal Structure of Clumps in DYNAMO Galaxies

Laura Lenkić, Alberto D. Bolatto, Deanne B. Fisher +4

To indirectly study the internal structure of giant clumps in main sequence galaxies at , we target very turbulent and gas-rich local analogues from the DYNAMO sample w…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 61 cited

Systematic difference between ionized and molecular gas velocity dispersion in disks and local analogues

M. Girard, D. B. Fisher, A. D. Bolatto +7

We compare the molecular and ionized gas velocity dispersion of 9 nearby turbulent disks, analogues to high-redshift galaxies, from the DYNAMO sample using new ALMA and GMOS/Gemini…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 41 cited

Outflows from Super Star Clusters in the Central Starburst of NGC253

Rebecca C. Levy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Adam K. Leroy +13

Young massive clusters play an important role in the evolution of their host galaxies, and feedback from the high-mass stars in these clusters can have profound effects on the surr…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 53 cited

Plateau de Bure High-z Blue-Sequence Survey 2 (PHIBSS2): Search for Secondary Sources, CO Luminosity Functions in the Field, and the Evolution of Molecular Gas Density through Cosmic Time

Laura Lenkić, Alberto D. Bolatto, Natascha M. Förster Schreiber +8

We report on the results of a search for serendipitous sources in CO emission in 110 cubes targeting CO(2-1), CO(3-2), and CO(6-5) at z ~ 1-2 from the second Plateau de Bure High-z…