4 papers
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…
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…
JWST/NIRSpec Reveals the Nested Morphology of Disk Winds from Young Stars
Ilaria Pascucci, Tracy L. Beck, Sylvie Cabrit +15
Radially extended disk winds could be the key to unlocking how protoplanetary disks accrete and how planets form and migrate. A distinctive characteristic is their nested morpholog…
Investigating Protostellar Accretion-Driven Outflows Across the Mass Spectrum: JWST NIRSpec IFU 3-5~m Spectral Mapping of Five Young Protostars
Samuel Federman, S. Thomas Megeath, Adam E. Rubinstein +35
Investigating Protostellar Accretion is a Cycle 1 JWST program using the NIRSpec+MIRI integral field units to obtain 2.9--28 m spectral cubes of five young protostars with lumi…