Spatial variations in aromatic hydrocarbon emission in a dust-rich galaxy

JS Spilker, KA Phadke, M Aravena, M Archipley… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Dust grains absorb half of the radiation emitted by stars throughout the history of the
universe, re-emitting this energy at infrared wavelengths,–. Polycyclic aromatic …

The astrodust+ PAH model: A unified description of the extinction, emission, and polarization from dust in the diffuse interstellar medium

BS Hensley, BT Draine - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new model of interstellar dust in which large grains are a single composite
material," astrodust," and nanoparticle-sized grains come in distinct varieties including …

The mystery of unidentified infrared emission bands

S Kwok - Astrophysics and Space Science, 2022 - Springer
A family of unidentified infrared emission (UIE) bands has been observed throughout the
Universe. The current observed spectral properties of the UIE bands are summarized. These …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: Destruction of the PAH Molecules in H ii Regions Probed by JWST and MUSE

OV Egorov, K Kreckel, KM Sandstrom… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a critical role in the reprocessing of stellar
radiation and balancing the heating and cooling processes in the interstellar medium but …

The PHANGS–JWST Treasury Survey: Star Formation, Feedback, and Dust Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby GalaxieS

JC Lee, KM Sandstrom, AK Leroy… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The PHANGS collaboration has been building a reference data set for the multiscale,
multiphase study of star formation and the interstellar medium (ISM) in nearby galaxies. With …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: Mapping the 3.3 μm Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Vibrational Band in Nearby Galaxies with NIRCam Medium Bands

KM Sandstrom, J Chastenet, J Sutter… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present maps of the 3.3 μm polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission feature in
NGC 628, NGC 1365, and NGC 7496 as observed with the Near-Infrared Camera imager on …

A new census of dust and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at z= 0.7–2 with JWST MIRI

I Shivaei, S Alberts, M Florian, G Rieke, S Wuyts… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Aims. This paper utilises the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument
(MIRI) to extend the observational studies of dust and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: Variations in PAH Fraction as a Function of ISM Phase and Metallicity

J Chastenet, J Sutter, K Sandstrom… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present maps tracing the fraction of dust in the form of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) in IC 5332, NGC 628, NGC 1365, and NGC 7496 from JWST/MIRI observations. We …

PHANGS–JWST First Results: Measuring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Properties across the Multiphase Interstellar Medium

J Chastenet, J Sutter, K Sandstrom… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Ratios of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) vibrational bands are a promising tool for
measuring the properties of the PAH population and their effect on star formation. The …

Outshining by Recent Star Formation Prevents the Accurate Measurement of High-z Galaxy Stellar Masses

D Narayanan, S Lower, P Torrey… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate that the inference of galaxy stellar masses via spectral energy distribution
(SED) fitting techniques for galaxies formed in the first billion years after the Big Bang carries …