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H2 emission in the Orion Bar, NGC7023 and the Horsehead Nebula observed with the James Webb Space Telescope
M. Zannese, A. Sidhu, A. Guerras +25
Molecular hydrogen (H2), the most abundant molecule in the interstellar medium, is a handy tool to study Photodissociation Regions. The JWST, with its high spatial resolution, sens…
Detection of C Combination Bands in the Near-IR Spectrum of Tc 1
Morgan M. Giese, Vincent J. Esposito, Simon Van Schuylenbergh +26
We report the detection of a set of new near-infrared emission features between 3.5 and 5.2 m in JWST/NIRSpec observations of Tc 1, the planetary nebula known for displaying the…
PDRs4All: XVIII. The evolution of the PAH ionisation and PAH size distribution across the Orion Bar
Alexandros Maragkoudakis, Christiaan Boersma, Els Peeters +25
We investigate the evolution of the PAH population's charge state and size across key physical zones in the Orion Bar, which include the HII region, the atomic PDR (APDR), and thre…
PDRs4All XVII: Formation and excitation of HD in photodissociation regions. Application to the Orion Bar
Marion Zannese, Jacques Le Bourlot, Evelyne Roueff +12
The James Webb Space Telescope enabled the first detection of several rovibrational emission lines of HD in the Orion Bar, a prototypical photodissociation region. This provides an…
PDRs4All XIX. The 6 to 9 m region as a probe of PAH charge and size in the Orion Bar
Baria Khan, Samuel A. Daza Rodriguez, Els Peeters +24
Infrared emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a major role in determining the charge balance of their host environments that include photo-dissociation region…
PDRs4All XVI. Tracing aromatic infrared band characteristics in photodissociation region spectra with PAHFIT in the JWST era
Dries Van De Putte, Els Peeters, Karl D. Gordon +13
Photodissociation regions (PDRs) exhibit emission between 3-20 um known as the Aromatic Infrared Bands (AIBs), originating from small carbonaceous species such as polycyclic aromat…
PDRs4All XI. Detection of infrared CH and CH rovibrational emission in the Orion Bar and disk d203-506: evidence of chemical pumping
Marion Zannese, Benoît Tabone, Emilie Habart +20
The methylidyne cation (CH) and the methyl cation (CH) are building blocks of organic molecules, yet their coupled formation and excitation mechanisms remain mainly unpro…
PDRs4All XIII. Empirical prescriptions for the interpretation of JWST imaging observations of star-forming regions
Ryan Chown, Yoko Okada, Els Peeters +17
(Abridged) JWST continues to deliver incredibly detailed infrared (IR) images of star forming regions in the Milky Way and beyond. IR emission from star-forming regions is very spe…
A Study of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission in 30 Dor as seen by JWST
Congcong Zhang, Joelene Hales, Els Peeters +3
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are responsible for strong mid-IR emission features near star-forming regions. It is well known that low-metallicity environments exhibit we…
PDRs4All. X. ALMA and JWST detection of neutral carbon in the externally irradiated disk d203-506: Undepleted gas-phase carbon
Javier R. Goicoechea, J. Le Bourlot, J. H. Black +26
The gas-phase abundance of carbon, x_C = C/H, and its depletion factors are essential parameters for understanding the gas and solid compositions that are ultimately incorporated i…
PDRs4All VIII: Mid-IR emission line inventory of the Orion Bar
Dries Van De Putte, Raphael Meshaka, Boris Trahin +135
Mid-infrared emission features probe the properties of ionized gas, and hot or warm molecular gas. The Orion Bar is a frequently studied photodissociation region (PDR) containing l…
PDRs4All IX. Sulfur elemental abundance in the Orion Bar
Asunción Fuente, Evelyne Roueff, Franck Le Petit +31
One of the main problems in astrochemistry is determining the amount of sulfur in volatiles and refractories in the interstellar medium. The detection of the main sulfur reservoirs…
A far-ultraviolet-driven photoevaporation flow observed in a protoplanetary disk
Olivier Berné, Emilie Habart, Els Peeters +143
Most low-mass stars form in stellar clusters that also contain massive stars, which are sources of far-ultraviolet (FUV) radiation. Theoretical models predict that this FUV radiati…
PDRs4All VII. The 3.3 m aromatic infrared band as a tracer of physical properties of the ISM in galaxies
Ilane Schroetter, Olivier Berné, Christine Joblin +9
Aromatic infrared bands (AIBs) are a set of broad emission bands at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.2, and 12.7 m, seen in the infrared spectra of most galaxies. With JWST, the 3.3 m…
Formation of the Methyl Cation by Photochemistry in a Protoplanetary Disk
Olivier Berné, Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel, Ilane Schroetter +53
Forty years ago it was proposed that gas phase organic chemistry in the interstellar medium was initiated by the methyl cation CH3+, but hitherto it has not been observed outside t…
PDRs4All. V. Modelling the dust evolution across the illuminated edge of the Orion Bar
M. Elyajouri, N. Ysard, A. Abergel +31
We study the emission of dust grains within the Orion Bar - a well-known, highly far-UV (FUV)-irradiated PDR. The Orion Bar because of its edge-on geometry provides an exceptional…
OH as a probe of the warm water cycle in planet-forming disks
Marion Zannese, Benoît Tabone, Emilie Habart +52
Water is a key ingredient for the emergence of life as we know it. Yet, its destruction and reformation in space remains unprobed in warm gas. Here, we detect the hydroxyl radical…
PDRs4All VI: Probing the Photochemical Evolution of PAHs in the Orion Bar Using Machine Learning Techniques
S. Pasquini, E. Peeters, B. Schefter +21
[Abridged] JWST observations of the Orion Bar have shown the incredible richness of PAH bands and their variation on small scales. We aim to probe the photochemical evolution of PA…
PDRs4All III: JWST's NIR spectroscopic view of the Orion Bar
Els Peeters, Emilie Habart, Olivier Berne +135
(Abridged) We investigate the impact of radiative feedback from massive stars on their natal cloud and focus on the transition from the HII region to the atomic PDR (crossing the i…
PDRs4All IV. An embarrassment of riches: Aromatic infrared bands in the Orion Bar
Ryan Chown, Ameek Sidhu, Els Peeters +136
(Abridged) Mid-infrared observations of photodissociation regions (PDRs) are dominated by strong emission features called aromatic infrared bands (AIBs). The most prominent AIBs ar…
PDRs4All II: JWST's NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula
Emilie Habart, Els Peeters, Olivier Berné +139
The JWST has captured the most detailed and sharpest infrared images ever taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula, the nearest massive star formation region, and a prototypic…
Application of the emission model to PAHs and C II.Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon emission model in photodissociation regions
Ameek Sidhu, A. G. G. M. Tielens, Els Peeters +1
We present a charge distribution-based emission model that calculates the infrared spectrum of fullerenes (C). Analysis of the modelled spectrum of C in various charg…
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon emission model in photodissociation regions I: Application to the 3.3, 6.2, and 11.2 m bands
Ameek Sidhu, A. G. G. M. Tielens, Els Peeters +1
We present a charge distribution based model that computes the infrared spectrum of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules using recent measurements or quantum chemical ca…
A Principal Component Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission in NGC 7023
Ameek Sidhu, Josh Bazely, Els Peeters +1
We carried out a principal component analysis (PCA) of the fluxes of five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) bands at 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.0, and 11.2 m in the reflection nebula…