The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission at the Base of the M82 Galactic Wind
- Alberto D. Bolatto,
- Rebecca C. Levy,
- Elizabeth Tarantino,
- Martha L. Boyer,
- Deanne B. Fisher,
- Serena A. Cronin,
- Adam K. Leroy,
- Ralf S. Klessen,
- J. D. Smith,
- Danielle A. Berg,
- Torsten Böker,
- Leindert A. Boogaard,
- Eve C. Ostriker,
- Todd A. Thompson,
- Juergen Ott,
- Laura Lenkić,
- Laura A. Lopez,
- Daniel A. Dale,
- Sylvain Veilleux,
- Paul P. van der Werf,
- Simon C. O. Glover,
- Karin M. Sandstrom,
- Evan D. Skillman,
- John Chisholm,
- Vicente Villanueva,
- Thomas S.-Y. Lai,
- Sebastian Lopez,
- Elisabeth A. C. Mills,
- Kimberly L. Emig,
- Lee Armus,
- Divakara Mayya,
- David S. Meier,
- Ilse De Looze,
- Rodrigo Herrera-Camus,
- Fabian Walter,
- Mónica Relaño,
- Hannah B. Koziol,
- Joshua Marvil,
- María J. Jiménez-Donaire,
- Paul Martini
Affiliations
- Alberto D. Bolatto
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA ; [email protected]; Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Rebecca C. Levy
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Elizabeth Tarantino
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Martha L. Boyer
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Deanne B. Fisher
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology , Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) , Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
- Serena A. Cronin
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA ; [email protected]
- Adam K. Leroy
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Ralf S. Klessen
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- Universität Heidelberg , Zentrum für Astronomie, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Universität Heidelberg , Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- J. D. Smith
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- Ritter Astrophysical Research Center, University of Toledo , Toledo, OH 43606, USA
- Danielle A. Berg
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- Department of Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Torsten Böker
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- European Space Agency , c/o STScI, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Leindert A. Boogaard
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Eve C. Ostriker
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- Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University , Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- Todd A. Thompson
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Physics, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Juergen Ott
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- National Radio Astronomy Observatory , P.O. Box O, 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
- Laura Lenkić
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- Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, NASA Ames Research Center , Mail Stop 204-14, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Laura A. Lopez
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Daniel A. Dale
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wyoming , Laramie, WY 82071, USA
- Sylvain Veilleux
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA ; [email protected]; Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Paul P. van der Werf
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- Leiden Observatory, Leiden University , P.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Simon C. O. Glover
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- Universität Heidelberg , Zentrum für Astronomie, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Karin M. Sandstrom
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- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California , San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Evan D. Skillman
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- Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
- John Chisholm
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- Department of Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin , 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Vicente Villanueva
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA ; [email protected]; Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción , Barrio Universitario, Concepción, Chile
- Thomas S.-Y. Lai
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- IPAC, California Institute of Technology , 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Sebastian Lopez
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Elisabeth A. C. Mills
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas , 1251 Wescoe Hall Drive, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
- Kimberly L. Emig
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- National Radio Astronomy Observatory , 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
- Lee Armus
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- IPAC, California Institute of Technology , 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Divakara Mayya
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- Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica , Óptica y Electrónica, Luis Enrique Erro 1, Tonantzintla 72840, Puebla, Mexico
- David S. Meier
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- National Radio Astronomy Observatory , P.O. Box O, 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, NM 87801, USA; New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology , 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
- Ilse De Looze
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- Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Ghent University , Krijgslaan 281—S9, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
- Rodrigo Herrera-Camus
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- Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción , Barrio Universitario, Concepción, Chile
- Fabian Walter
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Mónica Relaño
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- Dept. Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada , 18071, Granada, Spain
- Hannah B. Koziol
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- Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California , San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Joshua Marvil
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- National Radio Astronomy Observatory , P.O. Box O, 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
- María J. Jiménez-Donaire
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- Observatorio Astronomico Nacional (IGN) , C/Alfonso XII, 3, E-28014 Madrid, Spain; Centro de Desarrollos Tecnologicos , Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
- Paul Martini
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad33c8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 967,
no. 1
p. 63
Abstract
We present new observations of the central 1 kpc of the M82 starburst obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared camera instrument at a resolution θ ∼ 0.″05–0.″1 (∼1–2 pc). The data comprises images in three mostly continuum filters (F140M, F250M, and F360M), and filters that contain [Fe ii ] (F164N), H _2 v = 1 → 0 (F212N), and the 3.3 μ m polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) feature (F335M). We find prominent plumes of PAH emission extending outward from the central starburst region, together with a network of complex filamentary substructures and edge-brightened bubble-like features. The structure of the PAH emission closely resembles that of the ionized gas, as revealed in Paschen α and free–free radio emission. We discuss the origin of the structure, and suggest the PAHs are embedded in a combination of neutral, molecular, and photoionized gas.
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