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Mid-Infrared Colors Vary with Galactic Environment: Contrasting Star-Forming Disks, Young Centers, and Quiescent Star-Formation Deserts
Debosmita Pathak, Karin M. Sandstrom, Adam K. Leroy +27
We present pc-resolution JWST/MIRI and NIRCam measurements of mid-infrared (mid-IR) color variations in the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) of 71 nearby star-forming…
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Dust Processing in the M82 Superwind
Serena A. Cronin, Alberto D. Bolatto, Helena M. Richie +39
We present JWST MIRI and NIRCam imaging of the inner ~5 kpc of the M82 superwind at 0.05-0.375'' (~0.9-6.5 pc) resolution. Targeted filters probe emission from polycyclic aromatic…
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…
Masses, Star-Formation Efficiencies, and Dynamical Evolution of 18,000 HII Regions
Debosmita Pathak, Adam K. Leroy, Ashley. T. Barnes +36
We present measurements of the masses associated with HII regions across 19 nearby star-forming galaxies by combining data from JWST, HST, MUSE, ALMA, VLA, and MeerKAT…
Observational Constraints on Cool Gas Clouds in M82's Starburst-Driven Outflow
Sebastian Lopez, Laura A. Lopez, Todd A. Thompson +2
Star formation feedback can drive large-scale, multi-phase galactic outflows. The dynamical and thermodynamical interaction between the hot and cooler phases is a prime focus of bo…
Bursts of star formation and radiation-driven outflows produce efficient LyC leakage from dense compact star clusters
Shyam H. Menon, Blakesley Burkhart, Rachel S. Somerville +2
The escape of LyC photons emitted by massive stars from the dense interstellar medium of galaxies is one of the most significant bottlenecks for cosmological reionization. The esca…
Theory and Observation of Winds from Star-Forming Galaxies
Todd A. Thompson, Timothy M. Heckman
Galactic winds shape the stellar, gas, and metal content of galaxies. To quantify their impact, we must understand their physics. We review potential wind-driving mechanisms and ob…
H-alpha emission and HII regions at the locations of recent supernovae in nearby galaxies
Ness Mayker Chen, Adam K. Leroy, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary +22
We present a statistical analysis of the local, approximately 50-100 pc scale, H-alpha emission at the locations of recent (less than 125 years) supernovae (SNe) in nearby star-for…
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…
A Two-Component Probability Distribution Function Describes the mid-IR Emission from the Disks of Star-Forming Galaxies
Debosmita Pathak, Adam K. Leroy, Todd A. Thompson +28
High-resolution JWST-MIRI images of nearby spiral galaxies reveal emission with complex substructures that trace dust heated both by massive young stars and the diffuse interstella…
Neural ODEs as a discovery tool to characterize the structure of the hot galactic wind of M82
Dustin D. Nguyen, Yuan-Sen Ting, Todd A. Thompson +2
Dynamic astrophysical phenomena are predominantly described by differential equations, yet our understanding of these systems is constrained by our incomplete grasp of non-linear p…
The Scale of Stellar Yields: Implications of the Measured Mean Iron Yield of Core Collapse Supernovae
David H. Weinberg, Emily J. Griffith, James W. Johnson +1
The scale of alpha-element yields is difficult to predict from theory because of uncertainties in massive star evolution, supernova physics, and black hole formation, and it is dif…