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astro-ph.GA2023

Universal Upper End of the Stellar Initial Mass Function in the Young and Compact LEGUS clusters

Dooseok Escher Jung, Daniela Calzetti, Matteo Messa +21

We investigate the variation in the upper end of stellar initial mass function (uIMF) in 375 young and compact star clusters in five nearby galaxies within Mpc. All the yo…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 22 cited

The Ages and Metallicities of the Globular Clusters in the Sparkler

Angela Adamo, Christopher Usher, Joel Pfeffer +1

JWST observations of the strongly lensed galaxy The Sparkler have revealed a population of gravitationally bound globular cluster (GC) candidates. Different analyses have resulted…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 9 cited

Constraining the LyC escape fraction from LEGUS star clusters with SIGNALS HII region observations: A pilot study of NGC 628

J. W. Teh, K. Grasha, M. R. Krumholz +23

The ionising radiation of young and massive stars is a crucial form of stellar feedback. Most ionising (Lyman-continuum; LyC, ) photons are absorbed close to the stars tha…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 74 cited

An extremely metal poor star complex in the reionization era: Approaching Population III stars with JWST

E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono, P. Bergamini +31

We present JWST/NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy (IFS) of a lensed Population III candidate stellar complex (dubbed Lensed And Pristine 1, LAP1), with a lensing-corrected stella…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 24 cited

JWST NIRSpec spectroscopy of the triply-lensed galaxy MACS0647JD

Tiger Yu-Yang Hsiao, Abdurro'uf, Dan Coe +38

We present JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopy of MACS0647-JD, the triply-lensed candidate discovered in HST imaging and spatially resolved by JWST imaging into two compone…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

On the evolution of the size of Lyman alpha halos across cosmic time: no change in the circumgalactic gas distribution when probed by line emission

Axel Runnholm, Matthew J. Hayes, Yu-Heng Lin +18

Lyman (Ly) is now routinely used as a tool for studying high-redshift galaxies and its resonant nature means it can trace neutral hydrogen around star-forming galaxies. Inte…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

Search strategies for supermassive stars in young clusters and application to nearby galaxies

A. Kuruvanthodi, D. Schaerer, M. Messa +4

Supermassive stars (SMS) with masses , formed by runaway collisions in young, massive, and dense star clusters have been invoked as a possible soluti…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 10 cited

Dust Buried Compact Sources in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 4449

Daniela Calzetti, Sean T. Linden, Timothy McQuaid +10

Multi-wavelength images from the Hubble Space Telescope covering the wavelength range 0.27-1.6 m show that the central area of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC4449 contains several t…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 42 cited

Spatially Resolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies in WHL0137-08 and MACS0647+70 Clusters as Revealed by JWST: How do Galaxies Grow and Quench Over Cosmic Time?

Abdurro'uf, Dan Coe, Intae Jung +20

We study the spatially resolved stellar populations of 444 galaxies at in two clusters (WHL0137-08 and MACS0647+70) and a blank field, combining imaging data from HST a…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 29 cited

Molecular gas cloud properties at revealed by the superb angular resolution achieved with ALMA and gravitational lensing

Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky, Johan Richard, Françoise Combes +6

Current observations favour that the massive ultraviolet-bright clumps with a median stellar mass of , ubiquitously observed in galaxies, are star-…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

Tidally offset neutral gas in Lyman continuum emitting galaxy Haro 11

Alexandra Le Reste, John M. Cannon, Matthew J. Hayes +10

Around 400 million years after the Big Bang, the ultraviolet emission from star-forming galaxies reionized the Universe. Ionizing radiation (Lyman Continuum, LyC) is absorbed by co…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 21 cited

Fraction of Stars in Clusters for the LEGUS Dwarf Galaxies

D. O. Cook, J. C. Lee, A. Adamo +20

We study the young star cluster populations in 23 dwarf and irregular galaxies observed by the HST Legacy ExtraGalactic Ultraviolet Survey (LEGUS), and examine relationships betwee…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 58 cited

Two lensed star candidates at behind the galaxy cluster MACS J0647.7+7015

Ashish Kumar Meena, Adi Zitrin, Yolanda Jiménez-Teja +24

We report the discovery of two extremely magnified lensed star candidates behind the galaxy cluster MACS J0647.7+7015, in recent multi-band James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 133 cited

JWST/NIRCam Probes Young Star Clusters in the Reionization Era Sunrise Arc

E. Vanzella, A. Claeyssens, B. Welch +27

Star cluster formation in the early universe and their contribution to reionization remains to date largely unconstrained. Here we present JWST/NIRCam imaging of the most highly ma…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 54 cited

JWST reveals a possible galaxy merger in triply-lensed MACS0647JD

Tiger Yu-Yang Hsiao, Dan Coe, Abdurro'uf +63

MACS0647JD is a triply-lensed galaxy originally discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope. Here we report new JWST imaging, which clearly resolves MACS0647JD as ha…

astro-ph.GA2022

CLusters in the Uv as EngineS (CLUES): I. Survey presentation \& FUV spectral analysis of the stellar light

M. Sirressi, A. Adamo, M. Hayes +17

The CLusters in the Uv as EngineS (CLUES) survey is a Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) campaign aimed at acquiring the 1130 to 1770 Å, restframe spectroscopy of very young (<20 My…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 25 cited

Multiply lensed star forming clumps in the A521-sys1 galaxy at redshift 1

Matteo Messa, Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky, Johan Richard +6

We study the population of star-forming clumps in A521-sys1, a system gravitationally lensed by the foreground () cluster Abell 0521. The galaxy presents o…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 120 cited

Star formation at the smallest scales; A JWST study of the clump populations in SMACS0723

Adélaïde Claeyssens, Angela Adamo, Johan Richard +3

We present the clump populations detected in 18 lensed galaxies at redshifts 1 to 8.5 within the lensing cluster field SMACS0723. The recent JWST Early Release Observations of this…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

Star Cluster Formation and Evolution in M101: An Investigation with the Legacy Extragalactic UV Survey

S. T. Linden, G. Perez, D. Calzetti +13

We present Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/UVIS (F275W, F336W) and ACS/WFC optical (F435W, F555W, and F814W) observations of the nearby grand-design spiral galaxy M101 as part of the L…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 40 cited

Stellar feedback in M83 as observed with MUSE -- II. Analysis of the HII region population: ionisation budget and pre-SN feedback

Lorenza Della Bruna, Angela Adamo, Anna F. McLeod +11

We study pre-supernova feedback in a sample of 4700 HII regions in the nearby spiral galaxy M83, identified on their H emission. We pectroscopically identify Wolf-Rayet (…

astro-ph.GA2022

The Dense Gas Mass Fraction and the Relationship to Star Formation in M51

Mark Heyer, Benjamin Gregg, Daniela Calzetti +15

Observations of 12CO J=1-0 and HCN J=1-0 emission from NGC 5194 (M51) made with the 50~meter Large Millimeter Telescope and the SEQUOIA focal plane array are presented. Using the H…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 22 cited

Stellar feedback in M83 as observed with MUSE -- I. Overview, an unprecedented view of the stellar and gas kinematics and evidence of outflowing gas

Lorenza Della Bruna, Angela Adamo, Philippe Amram +14

We present a large VLT/MUSE mosaic (3.8 x 3.8 kpc) of the nearby spiral galaxy M83, with a spatial resolution ~20 pc. We obtained the kinematics of the stars and ionised gas, and c…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 22 cited

Haro 11 -- Untying the knots of the nuclear starburst

M. Sirressi, A. Adamo, M. Hayes +7

Star formation is a clustered process that regulates the structure and evolution of galaxies. We investigate this process in the dwarf galaxy Haro 11, forming stars in three knots…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 55 cited

The impact of pre-supernova feedback and its dependence on environment

Anna F. Mcleod, Ahmad A. Ali, Mélanie Chevance +8

Integral field units enable resolved studies of a large number of star-forming regions across entire nearby galaxies, providing insight on the conversion of gas into stars and the…