The Astrophysical Journal Letters (Jan 2023)
The PHANGS–JWST Treasury Survey: Star Formation, Feedback, and Dust Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby GalaxieS
- Janice C. Lee,
- Karin M. Sandstrom,
- Adam K. Leroy,
- David A. Thilker,
- Eva Schinnerer,
- Erik Rosolowsky,
- Kirsten L. Larson,
- Oleg V. Egorov,
- Thomas G. Williams,
- Judy Schmidt,
- Eric Emsellem,
- Gagandeep S. Anand,
- Ashley T. Barnes,
- Francesco Belfiore,
- Ivana Bešlić,
- Frank Bigiel,
- Guillermo A. Blanc,
- Alberto D. Bolatto,
- Médéric Boquien,
- Jakob den Brok,
- Yixian Cao,
- Rupali Chandar,
- Jérémy Chastenet,
- Mélanie Chevance,
- I-Da Chiang,
- Enrico Congiu,
- Daniel A. Dale,
- Sinan Deger,
- Cosima Eibensteiner,
- Christopher M. Faesi,
- Simon C. O. Glover,
- Kathryn Grasha,
- Brent Groves,
- Hamid Hassani,
- Kiana F. Henny,
- Jonathan D. Henshaw,
- Nils Hoyer,
- Annie Hughes,
- Sarah Jeffreson,
- María J. Jiménez-Donaire,
- Jaeyeon Kim,
- Hwihyun Kim,
- Ralf S. Klessen,
- Eric W. Koch,
- Kathryn Kreckel,
- J. M. Diederik Kruijssen,
- Jing Li,
- Daizhong Liu,
- Laura A. Lopez,
- Daniel Maschmann,
- Ness Mayker Chen,
- Sharon E. Meidt,
- Eric J. Murphy,
- Justus Neumann,
- Nadine Neumayer,
- Hsi-An Pan,
- Ismael Pessa,
- Jérôme Pety,
- Miguel Querejeta,
- Francesca Pinna,
- M. Jimena Rodríguez,
- Toshiki Saito,
- Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez,
- Francesco Santoro,
- Amy Sardone,
- Rowan J. Smith,
- Mattia C. Sormani,
- Fabian Scheuermann,
- Sophia K. Stuber,
- Jessica Sutter,
- Jiayi Sun,
- Yu-Hsuan Teng,
- Robin G. Treß,
- Antonio Usero,
- Elizabeth J. Watkins,
- Bradley C. Whitmore,
- Alessandro Razza
Affiliations
- Janice C. Lee
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- Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85719, USA ; [email protected]; Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Karin M. Sandstrom
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- Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, Department of Physics, University of California , San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Adam K. Leroy
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- David A. Thilker
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Eva Schinnerer
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- Erik Rosolowsky
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta , Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
- Kirsten L. Larson
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- AURA for the European Space Agency (ESA), Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Oleg V. Egorov
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- Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg , Mönchhofstraße 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University , Universitetsky pr. 13, 119234 Moscow, Russia
- Thomas G. Williams
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- Judy Schmidt
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- Astrophysics Source Code Library, Michigan Technological University , 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
- Eric Emsellem
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- European Southern Observatory , Karl-Schwarzschild Straße 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany; Univ Lyon, Univ Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon UMR5574 , F-69230 Saint-Genis-Laval, France
- Gagandeep S. Anand
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Ashley T. Barnes
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- Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Francesco Belfiore
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- INAF—Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50157, Firenze, Italy
- Ivana Bešlić
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- Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Frank Bigiel
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- Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Guillermo A. Blanc
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- Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science , 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA; Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile , Camino del Observatorio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Alberto D. Bolatto
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- Department of Astronomy and Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Médéric Boquien
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- Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA), Universidad de Antofagasta , Avenida Angamos 601, Antofagasta, Chile
- Jakob den Brok
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- Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121, Bonn, Germany
- Yixian Cao
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Giessenbachstr. 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Rupali Chandar
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- University of Toledo , 2801 West Bancroft Street, Mail Stop 111, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
- Jérémy Chastenet
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- Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent , Krijgslaan 281 S9, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
- Mélanie Chevance
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- Universität Heidelberg , Zentrum für Astronomie, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str 2, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Cosmic Origins Of Life (COOL) Research DAO, coolresearch.io
- I-Da Chiang
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- Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics , Academia Sinica, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Enrico Congiu
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- Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile , Camino del Observatorio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Daniel A. Dale
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming , Laramie, WY 82071, USA
- Sinan Deger
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- California Institute of Technology , 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 249-17, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, Department of Physics, Stockholm University , AlbaNova, Stockholm, SE-106 91, Sweden
- Cosima Eibensteiner
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- Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Christopher M. Faesi
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- University of Connecticut , Department of Physics, 196A Auditorium Road, Unit 3046, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- 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
- Kathryn Grasha
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- Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics , Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2611, Australia
- Brent Groves
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- Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics , Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2611, Australia; International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, University of Western Australia , 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
- Hamid Hassani
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta , Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
- Kiana F. Henny
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming , Laramie, WY 82071, USA
- Jonathan D. Henshaw
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany; Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University , 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
- Nils Hoyer
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany; Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, E-20118 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain; Universität Heidelberg , Seminarstrasse 2, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Annie Hughes
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- CNRS, IRAP, 9 Av. du Colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France; Université de Toulouse , UPS-OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
- Sarah Jeffreson
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- María J. Jiménez-Donaire
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- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (IGN), C/Alfonso XII, 3, E-28014 Madrid, Spain; Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos , Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
- Jaeyeon Kim
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- Universität Heidelberg , Zentrum für Astronomie, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str 2, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Hwihyun Kim
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- Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab, 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 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
- Eric W. Koch
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- Center for Astrophysics ∣Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Kathryn Kreckel
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- Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg , Mönchhofstraße 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- J. M. Diederik Kruijssen
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- Cosmic Origins Of Life (COOL) Research DAO, coolresearch.io
- Jing Li
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- Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg , Mönchhofstraße 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Daizhong Liu
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- Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik , Giessenbachstraße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Laura A. Lopez
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Flatiron Institute , Center for Computational Astrophysics, New York, NY 10010, USA
- Daniel Maschmann
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; Sorbonne Université , LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, F-75014, Paris, France
- Ness Mayker Chen
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Sharon E. Meidt
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- Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent , Krijgslaan 281 S9, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
- Eric J. Murphy
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- National Radio Astronomy Observatory , 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
- Justus Neumann
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- Nadine Neumayer
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- Hsi-An Pan
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University , No. 151, Yingzhuan Road, Tamsui District, New Taipei City 251301, Taiwan
- Ismael Pessa
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany; Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
- Jérôme Pety
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- Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) , 300 Rue de la Piscine, F-38406 Saint Martin d’Hères, France; Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University , CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, F-75014 Paris, France
- Miguel Querejeta
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- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (IGN), C/Alfonso XII, 3, E-28014 Madrid, Spain
- Francesca Pinna
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- M. Jimena Rodríguez
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata, CONICET–UNLP, Paseo del Bosque S/N, B1900FWA La Plata, Argentina
- Toshiki Saito
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
- Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez
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- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , E-28040 Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
- Francesco Santoro
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- Amy Sardone
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- Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University , 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics , 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Rowan J. Smith
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- Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
- Mattia C. Sormani
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- Universität Heidelberg , Zentrum für Astronomie, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-Ueberle-Str 2, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Fabian Scheuermann
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- Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg , Mönchhofstraße 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Sophia K. Stuber
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
- Jessica Sutter
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- Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences, Department of Physics, University of California , San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
- Jiayi Sun
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University , 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada; Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), University of Toronto , 60 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
- Yu-Hsuan Teng
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- Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, Department of Physics, University of California , San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Robin G. Treß
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- Institute of Physics, Laboratory for Galaxy Evolution and Spectral Modelling, EPFL, Observatoire de Sauverny , Chemin Pegais 51, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland .
- Antonio Usero
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- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (IGN), C/Alfonso XII, 3, E-28014 Madrid, Spain
- Elizabeth J. Watkins
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- Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg , Mönchhofstraße 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Bradley C. Whitmore
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Alessandro Razza
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- Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile , Camino del Observatorio 1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acaaae
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 944,
no. 2
p. L17
Abstract
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 the successful launch and commissioning of JWST, we can now obtain high-resolution infrared imaging to probe the youngest stellar populations and dust emission on the scales of star clusters and molecular clouds (∼5–50 pc). In Cycle 1, PHANGS is conducting an eight-band imaging survey from 2 to 21 μ m of 19 nearby spiral galaxies. Optical integral field spectroscopy, CO(2–1) mapping, and UV-optical imaging for all 19 galaxies have been obtained through large programs with ALMA, VLT-MUSE, and Hubble. PHANGS–JWST enables a full inventory of star formation, accurate measurement of the mass and age of star clusters, identification of the youngest embedded stellar populations, and characterization of the physical state of small dust grains. When combined with Hubble catalogs of ∼10,000 star clusters, MUSE spectroscopic mapping of ∼20,000 H ii regions, and ∼12,000 ALMA-identified molecular clouds, it becomes possible to measure the timescales and efficiencies of the earliest phases of star formation and feedback, build an empirical model of the dependence of small dust grain properties on local ISM conditions, and test our understanding of how dust-reprocessed starlight traces star formation activity, all across a diversity of galactic environments. Here we describe the PHANGS–JWST Treasury survey, present the remarkable imaging obtained in the first few months of science operations, and provide context for the initial results presented in the first series of PHANGS–JWST publications.
Keywords
- Star formation
- Spiral galaxies
- Surveys
- Young star clusters
- Interstellar medium
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
