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JWST Observations of Starbursts: The motion of dust - PAH kinematics of M82 and NGC 253 with JWST/MIRI spectroscopy
Fergus R. Donnan, Karin Sandstrom, Alberto D. Bolatto +27
We present an analysis of dust kinematics in the local starburst galaxies M82 (NGC 3034) and NGC 253 using Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) features observed with JWST/MIRI sp…
Tracing the Hidden Molecular Gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud with SOFIA and APEX
K. Rodriguez-Ambler, R. Herrera-Camus, M. Rúbio +6
In low-metallicity environments, reduced dust abundance weakens molecular cloud shielding against far-ultraviolet radiation, enhancing CO photodissociation and producing extended C…
Scylla: Observational Evidence for an Order of Magnitude in Dust Mass Opacity Evolution with ISM Density in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Christina W. Lindberg, Christopher J. R. Clark, Claire E. Murray +11
The emissivity of dust is known to vary greatly with radiative environment, density, grain chemistry, and geometry. Discrepancies between dust mass surface densities derived from f…
A Multiwavelength Inventory for the Local Group L-band Survey I: Atlas and Radial Profiles of Local Group Galaxies
Cosima Eibensteiner, Adam K. Leroy, Jiayi Sun +21
Resolving atomic gas at pc physical resolution is currently feasible only for the very nearest galaxies. We combine 120 pc resolution HI data using the Karl G. Jansky…
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…
Dust in the very metal-poor galaxy Sextans A with JWST. I: Characterizing the evolved stellar population of Sextans A based on JWST observations and stellar evolution models
C. Gavetti, F. Dell'Agli, E. Tarantino +22
The nearby star-forming dwarf galaxy Sextans A offers a unique window into galaxy evolution in the early Universe, owing to its extremely low metallicity (about 1-7% Zsun). Recent…
Revisiting ram pressure stripping in Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte: No evidence for stripped HI with LGLBS
Daniel R. Rybarczyk, Eric W. Koch, Fabian Caballero Vargas +12
We analyze HI 21-cm observations of the Local Group dwarf galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) from the Local Group L-Band Survey to search for evidence of ram pressure stripping. Wh…
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…
Summary of Discussion Sessions from "The Dusty Universe 2025: The Fifth Pandust Conference"
Marjorie Decleir, Karl D. Gordon, Annalisa De Cia +16
"The Dusty Universe: The Fifth Pandust Conference" took place in Tucson (AZ, USA) from November 10 until 14, 2025. The goal of this meeting was to get the dust community together t…
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…
Scylla VI: Parsec-Scale Dust Extinction Maps in the SMC and LMC
Christina W. Lindberg, Claire E. Murray, Christopher J. R. Clark +14
We present a novel methodology for mapping dust extinction in nearby galaxies at parsec-scale resolution. We apply it to HST 68 fields within the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds…
The Local Group L-band Survey: Probing Cold Atomic Gas in IC10 with Neutral Hydrogen Absorption
Ioana A. Stelea, Snezana Stanimirovic, Nickolas M. Pingel +20
We present the first localized detections of the cold neutral medium (CNM) in IC10, offering a rare view of dense atomic gas in a low-metallicity (0.27 solar metallicity) dwarf gal…
Growth of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Dust Particles in the Extremely Metal-poor Galaxy Sextans A
Elizabeth J. Tarantino, Julia Roman-Duval, Karin M. Sandstrom +17
The mid-infrared spectrum of star-forming, high metallicity galaxies is dominated by emission features from aromatic and aliphatic bonds in small carbonaceous dust grains, often re…
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…
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…
The Metallicity Dependence of PAH Emission in Galaxies II: Insights from JWST/NIRCam Imaging of the Smallest Dust Grains in M101
Cory M. Whitcomb, J. -D. T. Smith, Elizabeth Tarantino +11
We explore the physical origins of the observed deficit of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at sub-solar metallicity using JWST/NIRCam imaging of the nearby galaxy M101, cov…
The CHIMERA Survey: The first CO detection in Leo T, the lowest mass known galaxy still hosting cold molecular gas
Vicente Villanueva, Matías Blaña, Alberto D. Bolatto +13
We report the first CO detection in Leo T, representing the most extreme observation of carbon monoxide molecules in the lowest stellar mass gas-rich dwarf galaxy ($\sim…
Discovery of SiC and Iron Dust Around AGB Stars in the very Metal-Poor Sextans A Dwarf Galaxy with JWST: Implications for Dust Production at High Redshift
M. L. Boyer, G. C. Sloan, A. Nanni +23
Low-resolution infrared spectroscopy from JWST confirms the presence of SiC and likely metallic iron dust around asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the Sextans A dwarf galaxy,…
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Local Group L-band Survey (LGLBS)
Eric W. Koch, Adam K. Leroy, Erik W. Rosolowsky +45
We present the Local Group L-Band Survey (LGLBS), a Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) survey producing the highest quality 21-cm and 1-2 GHz radio continuum images to date for…
Measuring Interstellar Carbon Abundance via 158 um [CII] Absorption with SOFIA -- A Potential Detection, and Proof-of-Concept for Depletion Studies with Future Far-IR Facilities
Christopher J. R. Clark, Julia. C. Roman-Duval, Suzanne C. Madden Marc Mertens +4
Carbon plays key roles in the InterStellar Medium (ISM) -- as a constituent of dust, as the carrier of the dominant far-infrared cooling line, and as a component of various importa…
Relationships between PAHs, Small Dust Grains, H, and HI in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies NGC 6822 and WLM Using JWST, ALMA, and the VLA
Ryan Chown, Adam K. Leroy, Alberto D. Bolatto +27
We present 0.7-3.3 pc resolution mid-infrared (MIR) JWST images at 7.7 m (F770W) and 21 m (F2100W) covering the main star-forming regions of two of the closest star-forming l…
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…
Molecular Hydrogen in the Extremely Metal-Poor, Star-Forming Galaxy Leo P
O. Grace Telford, Karin M. Sandstrom, Kristen B. W. McQuinn +4
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed unexpectedly rapid galaxy assembly in the early universe, in tension with models of star and galaxy formation. In the gas conditi…
Scylla IV: Intrinsic Stellar Properties and Line-of-Sight Dust Extinction Measurements Towards 1.5 Million Stars in the SMC and LMC
Christina W. Lindberg, Claire E. Murray, Petia Yanchulova Merica-Jones +14
By analyzing the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of resolved stars in nearby galaxies, we can constrain their stellar properties and line-of-sight dust extinction. From the Sc…