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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…
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…
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…
Multi-scale Gas Structure and Dynamics in an Extragalactic Central Molecular Zone
Liam M. Wang, Jiayi Sun, Yu-Hsuan Teng +4
The structures and dynamics of the interstellar medium are governed by a combination of self-gravity, external gravity, and various sources of ordered and random motions on differe…
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…
Localized Deviations from the CO-PAH Relation in PHANGS-JWST Galaxies: Faint PAH Emission or Elevated CO Emissivity?
Jaeyeon Kim, Adam K. Leroy, Karin Sandstrom +25
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission is widely used to trace the distribution of molecular gas in the interstellar medium, exhibiting a tight correlation with CO(2-1) emi…
Resolved Profiles of Stellar Mass, Star Formation Rate, and Predicted CO-to-H Conversion Factor Across Thousands of Local Galaxies
Jiayi Sun, Yu-Hsuan Teng, I-Da Chiang +9
We present radial profiles of surface brightness in UV and IR bands, estimate stellar mass surface density () and star formation rate surface density (), a…
Application of resolved low-J multi-CO line modeling with RADEX to constrain the molecular gas properties in the starburst M82
Valencia Zhang, Jakob den Brok, Qizhou Zhang +10
The distribution and physical conditions of molecular gas are closely linked to star formation and the subsequent evolution of galaxies. Emission from carbon monoxide (CO) and its…
Cloud-scale gas properties, depletion times, and star formation efficiency per free-fall time in PHANGS--ALMA
Adam K. Leroy, Jiayi Sun, Sharon Meidt +31
We compare measurements of star formation efficiency to cloud-scale gas properties across PHANGS-ALMA. Dividing 67 galaxies into 1.5 kpc scale regions, we calculate the molecular g…
CO-to-H conversion factor and grain size distribution through the analysis of - relation
I-Da Chiang, Hiroyuki Hirashita, Jeremy Chastenet +5
The CO-to-H conversion factor () is expected to vary with dust abundance and grain size distribution through the efficiency of shielding gas from CO-dissociation…
CO isotopologue-derived molecular gas conditions and CO-to-H conversion factors in M51
Jakob den Brok, María J. Jiménez-Donaire, Adam Leroy +24
Over the past decade, several millimeter interferometer programs have mapped the nearby star-forming galaxy M51 at a spatial resolution of pc. This study combines observ…
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and CO(2-1) Emission at 50-150 pc Scales in 70 Nearby Galaxies
Ryan Chown, Adam K. Leroy, Karin Sandstrom +44
Combining Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array CO(2-1) mapping and JWST near- and mid-infrared imaging, we characterize the relationship between CO(2-1) and polycyclic aro…
PHANGS-MeerKAT and MHONGOOSE HI observations of nearby spiral galaxies: physical drivers of the molecular gas fraction,
Cosima Eibensteiner, Jiayi Sun, Frank Bigiel +36
The molecular-to-atomic gas ratio is crucial to the evolution of the interstellar medium in galaxies. We investigate the balance between the atomic () and molecular gas…
A 260 pc resolution ALMA map of HCN(1-0) in the galaxy NGC 4321
Lukas Neumann, Frank Bigiel, Ashley T. Barnes +24
The star formation rate (SFR) is tightly connected to the amount of dense gas in molecular clouds. However, it is not fully understood how the relationship between dense molecular…
Unraveling the Mystery of the Low CO-to-H Conversion Factor in Starburst Galaxies: RADEX Modeling of the Antennae
Hao He, Christine D. Wilson, Jiayi Sun +3
CO emission has been widely used as a tracer of molecular gas mass. However, it is a long-standing issue to accurately constrain the CO-to-H conversion factor ($α_{\mathrm{CO}}…
PHANGS-JWST: Data Processing Pipeline and First Full Public Data Release
Thomas G. Williams, Janice C. Lee, Kirsten L. Larson +55
The exquisite angular resolution and sensitivity of JWST is opening a new window for our understanding of the Universe. In nearby galaxies, JWST observations are revolutionizing ou…
Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA (SWAN)- I. Mapping the HCN and NH 3mm lines
Sophia K. Stuber, Jerome Pety, Eva Schinnerer +17
We present the first results from "Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA" (SWAN), an IRAM Northern Extended Millimetre Array (NOEMA)+30m large program that maps emission…
Star Formation Efficiency in Nearby Galaxies Revealed with a New CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor Prescription
Yu-Hsuan Teng, I-Da Chiang, Karin M. Sandstrom +24
Determining how galactic environment, especially the high gas densities and complex dynamics in bar-fed galaxy centers, alters the star formation efficiency (SFE) of molecular gas…
A sensitive, high-resolution, wide-field IRAM NOEMA CO(1-0) survey of the very nearby spiral galaxy IC 342
M. Querejeta, J. Pety, A. Schruba +31
We present a new wide-field 10.75 x 10.75 arcmin^2 (~11x11 kpc^2), high-resolution (theta = 3.6" ~ 60 pc) NOEMA CO(1-0) survey of the very nearby (d=3.45 Mpc) spiral galaxy IC 342.…
Fuelling the nuclear ring of NGC 1097
Mattia C. Sormani, Ashley T. Barnes, Jiayi Sun +24
Galactic bars can drive cold gas inflows towards the centres of galaxies. The gas transport happens primarily through the so-called bar ``dust lanes'', which connect the galactic d…
The Physical Drivers and Observational Tracers of CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor Variations in Nearby Barred Galaxy Centers
Yu-Hsuan Teng, Karin M. Sandstrom, Jiayi Sun +24
The CO-to-H conversion factor ($α_\rm{CO}$) is central to measuring the amount and properties of molecular gas. It is known to vary with environmental conditions, and previous…
Star Formation Laws and Efficiencies across 80 Nearby Galaxies
Jiayi Sun, Adam K. Leroy, Eve C. Ostriker +37
We measure empirical relationships between the local star formation rate (SFR) and properties of the star-forming molecular gas on 1.5 kpc scales across 80 nearby galaxies. These r…
Wide-field CO isotopologue emission and the CO-to-H factor across the nearby spiral galaxy M101
Jakob S. den Brok, Frank Bigiel, Jérémy Chastenet +18
Carbon monoxide (CO) emission is the most widely used tracer of the bulk molecular gas in the interstellar medium (ISM) in extragalactic studies. The CO-to-H conversion factor,…
Sub-kiloparsec empirical relations and excitation conditions of HCN and HCO+ J=3-2 in nearby star-forming galaxies
Axel Garcia-Rodriguez, Antonio Usero, Adam K. Leroy +24
We present new HCN and HCO (=3-2) images of the nearby star-forming galaxies (SFGs) NGC 3351, NGC 3627, and NGC 4321. The observations, obtained with the Morita ALMA Compact…