H3+ absorption and emission in local (U)LIRGs with JWST/NIRSpec: Evidence for high H2 ionization rates

2025-04-28T11:14:09+02:00Tags: |

Authors: Pereira-Santaella, Miguel; Gonzalez-Alfonso, Eduardo; Garcia-Bernete, Ismael; Donnan, Fergus R.; Santa-Maria, Miriam G.; Goicoechea, Javier R.; Lamperti, Isabella; Perna, Michele; Rigopoulou, Dimitra Journal: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Publication date: 2024/09/26 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451741 Abstract: We study the 3.4 - 4.4 mu m fundamental rovibrational band of H3+, a key tracer of the ionization of the molecular interstellar [...]

PDRs4All III. JWST’s NIR spectroscopic view of the Orion Bar

2025-04-28T11:14:08+02:00Tags: |

Authors: Peeters, Els; Habart, Emilie; Berne, Olivier; Sidhu, Ameek; Chown, Ryan; Van De Putte, Dries; Trahin, Boris; Schroetter, Ilane; Canin, Amelie; Alarcon, Felipe; Schefter, Bethany; Khan, Baria; Pasquini, Sofia; Tielens, Alexander G. G. M.; Wolfire, Mark G.; Dartois, Emmanuel; Goicoechea, Javier R.; Maragkoudakis, Alexandros; Onaka, Takashi; Pound, Marc W.; Vicente, Silvia; Abergel, Alain; Bergin, Edwin [...]

Multiline observations of hydrogen, helium, and carbon radio-recombination lines toward Orion A: A detailed dynamical study and direct determination of physical conditions

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Authors: Pabst, C. H. M.; Goicoechea, J. R.; Cuadrado, S.; Salas, P.; Tielens, A. G. G. M.; Marcelino, N. Journal: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Publication date: 2024/07/29 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347574 Abstract: We present a study of hydrogen, helium, and carbon millimeter-wave radio-recombination lines (RRLs) toward 10 representative positions throughout the Orion Nebula complex, using the Yebes 40 [...]

Gas flows in the central region of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4593 with MUSE

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Authors: Mulumba, D.; Knapen, J. H.; Comeron, S.; Almeida, C. Ramos; Obonyo, W. O.; Pereira-Santaella, M.; Baki, P. Journal: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Publication date: 2024/10/17 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450076 Abstract: Context. Understanding how gas flows into galactic centres, fuels the active galactic nucleus (AGN), and is in turn expelled back through feedback processes is of great importance [...]

A biconical ionised gas outflow and evidence of positive feedback in NGC 7172 uncovered by MIRI/JWST

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Authors: Munoz, L. Hermosa; Alonso-Herrero, A.; Pereira-Santaella, M.; Garcia-Bernete, I.; Garcia-Burillo, S.; Garcia-Lorenzo, B.; Davies, R.; Shimizu, T.; Esparza-Arredondo, D.; Hicks, E. K. S.; Haidar, H.; Leist, M.; Lopez-Rodriguez, E.; Ramos Almeida, C.; Rosario, D.; Zhang, L.; Audibert, A.; Bellocchi, E.; Boorman, P.; Bunker, A. J.; Combes, F.; Campbell, S.; Diaz-Santos, T.; Fuller, L.; Gandhi, [...]

Enhanced formation of interstellar complex organic molecules on carbon monoxide ice

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Authors: Molpeceres, G.; Furuya, K.; Aikawa, Y. Journal: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Publication date: 2024/08/13 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449604 Abstract: We investigated the role of carbon monoxide ice in the chemical evolution of prestellar cores using astrochemical rate equation models. We constrained the ratios of the binding energies on CO ice and H2O ice for a series of [...]

Indene energetic processing in ice mantles in the interstellar medium

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Authors: Mate, Belen; Tanarro, Isabel; Pelaez, Ramon J.; Cernicharo, Jose; Herrero, Victor J. Journal: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Publication date: 2024/02/16 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202347889 Abstract: Context. Indene, a small PAH, has been detected in the gas phase in the cold dense cloud TMC-1. Due to the low temperature in the cloud, below indene condensation temperature, its presence [...]

Multiline study of the radial extent of SiO, CS, and SiS in asymptotic giant branch envelopes

2025-04-28T11:13:57+02:00Tags: |

Authors: Massalkhi, S.; Agundez, M.; Fonfria, J. P.; Pardo, J. R.; Velilla-Prieto, L.; Cernicharo, J. Journal: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Publication date: 2024/07/09 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450188 Abstract: Circumstellar envelopes around asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars contain a rich diversity of molecules, whose spatial distribution is regulated by different chemical and physical processes. In the outer circumstellar layers, [...]

Deconvolution of JWST/MIRI Images: Applications to an Active Galactic Nucleus Model and GATOS Observations of NGC 5728

2025-04-28T11:13:53+02:00Tags: |

Authors: Leist, M. T.; Packham, C.; Rosario, D. J. V.; Hope, D. A.; Alonso-Herrero, A.; Hicks, E. K. S.; Hoenig, S.; Zhang, L.; Davies, R.; Diaz-Santos, T.; Gonzalez-Martin, O.; Bellocchi, E.; Boorman, P. G.; Combes, F.; Garcia-Bernete, I.; Garcia-Burillo, S.; Garcia-Lorenzo, B.; Haidar, H.; Ichikawa, K.; Imanishi, M.; Jefferies, S. M.; Labiano, A.; Levenson, N. [...]

AGN feeding along a one-armed spiral in NGC 4593: A study using ALMA CO(2-1) observations

2025-04-28T11:13:50+02:00Tags: |

Authors: Kianfar, K.; Andreani, P.; Fernandez-Ontiveros, J. A.; Combes, F.; Spinoglio, L.; Hatziminaoglou, E.; Ricci, C.; Bewketu-Belete, A.; Imanishi, M.; Pereira-Santaella, M.; Slater, R.; Malheiro, M. Journal: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Publication date: 2024/11/01 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451185 Abstract: Context. We investigate active galactic nuclei (AGN) feeding through the molecular gas (CO(2-1) emission) properties of the local Seyfert [...]

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