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JWST observations of cosmic-ray-excited H in Barnard 68: spatial variations and constraints on cosmic-ray attenuation

David A. Neufeld, Kedron Silsbee, Alexei V. Ivlev +9

We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRSpec observations of the starless dark cloud Barnard 68 that reveal the spatially-resolved signature of cosmic-ray excited molecular…

astro-ph.SR2025

The SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Q-band Follow-up. II. Hydrogen Recombination Lines Toward High-Mass Protostars

Prasanta Gorai, Kotomi Taniguchi, Jonathan C. Tan +11

Hydrogen recombination lines (HRLs) are valuable diagnostics of the physical conditions in ionized regions around high-mass stars. Understanding their broadening mechanisms and int…

astro-ph.GA2025

The first detection of cosmic-ray excited H in interstellar space

Shmuel Bialy, Amit Chemke, David A. Neufeld +12

Stars and planets form within cold, dark molecular clouds. In these dense regions, where starlight cannot penetrate, cosmic rays (CRs) are the dominant source of ionization -- driv…

astro-ph.GA2025

An analytic formalism to describe the - relationship in molecular clouds

Brandt A. L. Gaches

Context. Astrochemical modeling requires, as input, the effective column density of gas (or extinction) that attenuates an external, isotropic, far-ultraviolet radiation field. In…

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The Resolved Structure of a Low Metallicity Photodissociation Region

Ilyse Y. Clark, Karin Sandstrom, Mark Wolfire +14

Photodissociation Regions (PDRs) are key to understanding the feedback processes that shape interstellar matter in galaxies. One important type of PDR is the interface between HII…

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Detection of Deuterated Hydrocarbon Nanoparticles in the Whirlpool Galaxy, M51

B. T. Draine, Karin Sandstrom, Daniel A. Dale +29

Deuteration of hydrocarbon material, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), has been proposed to account for the low gas-phase abundances of D in the interstellar mediu…