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Compact near infrared sources in the center of the extraordinary galaxy IC 860
J. S. Gallagher, L. Schisgal, G. C. Privon +7
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images are used to study the structure of the central regions of the luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) IC 860. IC 860 is of special interest as a system…
Clumpy, dense gas in the outflow of NGC 1266
Justin Atsushi Otter, Katherine Alatalo, Kate Rowlands +23
Outflows are one of the most spectacular mechanisms through which active galactic nuclei (AGN) impact their host galaxy, though the role of AGN-driven outflows in global star forma…
High-Resolution Optical IFU Spectroscopy of the Complex Galaxy Merger II Zw 096
C. Riesco, E. Treister, G. Venturi +20
Luminous and Ultra-luminous IR galaxies ((U)LIRGs) are critical for investigating feedback mechanisms due to a combination of intense star formation (SF) episodes and active galact…
High resolution ALMA observations of HS in LIRGS (Dense gas and shocks in outflows and CNDs)
M. T. Sato, S. Aalto, S. König +14
Molecular gas plays a critical role in regulating star formation and nuclear activity in galaxies. Sulphur bearing molecules, such as H2S, are sensitive to the physical and chemica…
Searching for Compact Obscured Nuclei in Compton Thick AGN
Makoto A. Johnstone, George C. Privon, Loreto Barcos-Munoz +16
Compact Obscured Nuclei (CONs) are heavily obscured infrared cores that have been found in local (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies (U/LIRGs). They show bright emission from vibrati…
A Census of the Most Obscured Galaxy Nuclei over Cosmic Time to be revealed by PRIMA
Fergus R. Donnan, Dimitra Rigopoulou, Ismael García-Bernete +2
Characterizing the growth of supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) is critical to the evolution of galaxies, however the majority of this activity is obscured, rendering traditional tra…
On unveiling Buried Nuclei with JWST: a technique for hunting the most obscured galaxy nuclei from local to high redshift
I. García-Bernete, F. R. Donnan, D. Rigopoulou +12
We analyze JWST NIRSpec+MIRI/MRS observations of the infrared (IR) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) features in the central regions (0.26'' at 6 micron; 50-440 pc…
A High-resolution Far-infrared Survey to Probe Black Hole-Galaxy Co-evolution
Matteo Bonato, David Leisawitz, Gianfranco De Zotti +10
Far-infrared (FIR) surveys are critical to probing the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies, since of order half the light from accreting black holes and active star formation…
Pulling back the curtain on shocks and star-formation in NGC 1266 with Gemini-NIFS
Justin Atsushi Otter, Katherine Alatalo, Kate Rowlands +21
We present Gemini near-infrared integral field spectrograph (NIFS) K-band observations of the central 400 pc of NGC 1266, a nearby (D30 Mpc) post-starburst galaxy with a p…
GOALS-JWST: Constraining the Emergence Timescale for Massive Star Clusters in NGC 3256
Sean T. Linden, Thomas Lai, Aaron S. Evans +28
We present the results of a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRCam and NIRSpec investigation into the young massive star cluster (YMC) population of NGC 3256, the most cluster-ri…
LeMMINGs. Multi-wavelength constraints on the co-existence of nuclear star clusters and AGN in nucleated galaxies
B. T. Dullo, J. H. Knapen, R. D. Baldi +16
[Abridged] The relation between nuclear star clusters (NSCs) and the growth of the central SMBHs, as well as their connection to the properties of the host galaxies, is crucial for…
An Imaging and Spectroscopic Exploration of the Dusty Compact Obscured Nucleus Galaxy Zw~049.057
J. S. Gallagher, R. Kotulla, L. Laufman +9
Zw~049.057 is a moderate mass, dusty, early-type galaxy that hosts a powerful compact obscured nucleus (CON, L10~L). The resolution of HST enabled…
The fountain of the luminous infrared galaxy Zw049.057 as traced by its OH megamaser
Boy Lankhaar, Susanne Aalto, Clare Wethers +15
High resolution (0."037-0."13 [10-35 pc]) e-MERLIN ( cm) and (0."024 [6.5 pc]) ALMA ( mm) observations have been used to image OH (hydroxyl) and HCO (formald…
A spectacular galactic scale magnetohydrodynamic powered wind in ESO 320-G030
M. D. Gorski, S. Aalto, S. König +23
How galaxies regulate nuclear growth through gas accretion by supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is one of the most fundamental questions in galaxy evolution. One potential way to re…
GOALS-JWST: The Warm Molecular Outflows of the Merging Starburst Galaxy NGC 3256
Thomas Bohn, Hanae Inami, Aditya Togi +26
We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Integral Field Spectrograph observations of NGC 3256, a local infrared-luminous late-stage merging system with two nuclei roughly 1$\;\…
Double, double, toil, and trouble: The tails, bubbles, and knots of the local compact obscured nucleus galaxy NGC4418
C. F. Wethers, S. Aalto, G. C. Privon +20
Compact obscured nuclei (CONs) are an extremely obscured (N >10 cm) class of galaxy nuclei thought to exist in 20-40 per cent of nearby (ultra-)luminous infrar…
CON-quest II. Spatially and spectrally resolved HCN/HCO+ line ratios in local luminous and ultraluminous infrared galaxies
Y. Nishimura, S. Aalto, M. D. Gorski +24
Nuclear regions of ultraluminous and luminous infrared galaxies (U/LIRGs) are powered by starbursts and/or active galactic nuclei (AGNs). These regions are often obscured by extrem…
GOALS-JWST: Mid-Infrared Molecular Gas Excitation Probes the Local Conditions of Nuclear Star Clusters and the AGN in the LIRG VV 114
Victorine A. Buiten, Paul P. van der Werf, Serena Viti +19
The enormous increase in mid-IR sensitivity and spatial and spectral resolution provided by the JWST spectrographs enables, for the first time, detailed extragalactic studies of mo…
The first ground-based detection of the 752 GHz water line in local ultra-luminous infrared galaxies using APEX-SEPIA
Daysi Quinatoa, Chentao Yang, Edo Ibar +10
We report the first ground-based detection of the water line p-H2O (211-202) at 752.033 GHz in three z < 0.08 ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs): IRAS 06035-7102, IRAS 17207…
APEX and NOEMA observations of HS in nearby luminous galaxies and the ULIRG Mrk~231 -- Is there a relation between dense gas properties and molecular outflows?
M. T. Sato, S. Aalto, K. Kohno +6
In order to understand the evolution and feedback of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and star formation it is important to use molecular lines as probes of physical conditions and che…
Kinetic temperature of massive star-forming molecular clumps measured with formaldehyde IV. The ALMA view of N113 and N159W in the LMC
X. D. Tang, C. Henkel, K. M. Menten +25
We mapped the kinetic temperature structure of two massive star-forming regions, N113 and N159W, in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We have used 1\hbox{$\,.\!\!^{\prime\pri…
LEGO II: A 3 mm molecular line study covering 100 pc of one of the most actively star-forming portions within the Milky Way Disc
A. T. Barnes, J. Kauffmann, F. Bigiel +20
The current generation of (sub)mm-telescopes has allowed molecular line emission to become a major tool for studying the physical, kinematic, and chemical properties of extragalact…
Major impact from a minor merger - The extraordinary hot molecular gas flow in the Eye of the NGC 4194 Medusa galaxy
S. König, S. Aalto, S. Muller +6
Minor mergers are important processes contributing significantly to how galaxies evolve across the age of the Universe. Their impact on supermassive black hole growth and star form…
A hidden molecular outflow in the LIRG Zw 049.057
N. Falstad, S. Aalto, J. G. Mangum +8
Feedback in the form of mass outflows driven by star formation or active galactic nuclei is a key component of galaxy evolution. The luminous infrared galaxy Zw 049.057 harbours a…