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PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628
| Title: | PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628 |
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| Authors: | Ashley. T. Barnes, Elizabeth J. Watkins, Sharon E. Meidt, Kathryn Kreckel, Mattia C. Sormani, Robin G. Treß, Simon C. O. Glover, Frank Bigiel, Rupali Chandar, Eric Emsellem, Janice C. Lee, Adam K. Leroy, Karin M. Sandstrom, Eva Schinnerer, Erik Rosolowsky, Francesco Belfiore, Guillermo A. Blanc, Médéric Boquien, Jakob den Brok, Yixian Cao, Mélanie Chevance, Daniel A. Dale, Oleg V. Egorov, Cosima Eibensteiner, Kathryn Grasha, Brent Groves, Hamid Hassani, Jonathan D. Henshaw, Sarah Jeffreson, María J. Jiménez-Donaire, Benjamin W. Keller, Ralf S. Klessen, Eric W. Koch, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Kirsten L. Larson, Jing Li, Daizhong Liu, Laura A. Lopez, Eric J. Murphy, Lukas Neumann, Jérôme Pety, Francesca Pinna, Miguel Querejeta, Florent Renaud, Toshiki Saito, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary, Amy Sardone, Rowan J. Smith, Sophia K. Stuber, Jiayi Sun, David A. Thilker, Antonio Usero, Bradley C. Whitmore, Thomas G. Williams |
| Source: | The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol 944, Iss 2, p L22 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | IOP Publishing, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Astrophysics |
| Subject Terms: | Superbubbles, Stellar feedback, Interstellar medium, Infrared astronomy, Astrophysics, QB460-466 |
| More Details: | We present a high-resolution view of bubbles within the Phantom Galaxy (NGC 628), a nearby (∼10 Mpc), star-forming (∼2 M _⊙ yr ^−1 ), face-on ( i ∼ 9°) grand-design spiral galaxy. With new data obtained as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS)-JWST treasury program, we perform a detailed case study of two regions of interest, one of which contains the largest and most prominent bubble in the galaxy (the Phantom Void, over 1 kpc in diameter), and the other being a smaller region that may be the precursor to such a large bubble (the Precursor Phantom Void). When comparing to matched-resolution H α observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, we see that the ionized gas is brightest in the shells of both bubbles, and is coincident with the youngest (∼1 Myr) and most massive (∼10 ^5 M _⊙ ) stellar associations. We also find an older generation (∼20 Myr) of stellar associations is present within the bubble of the Phantom Void. From our kinematic analysis of the H I , H _2 (CO), and H ii gas across the Phantom Void, we infer a high expansion speed of around 15 to 50 km s ^−1 . The large size and high expansion speed of the Phantom Void suggest that the driving mechanism is sustained stellar feedback due to multiple mechanisms, where early feedback first cleared a bubble (as we observe now in the Precursor Phantom Void), and since then supernovae have been exploding within the cavity and have accelerated the shell. Finally, comparison to simulations shows a striking resemblance to our JWST observations, and suggests that such large-scale, stellar-feedback-driven bubbles should be common within other galaxies. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2041-8213 2041-8205 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2041-8205 |
| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/aca7b9 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/552718e6778d4d7a82cabcfce53a38b6 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.552718e6778d4d7a82cabcfce53a38b6 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 20418213 20418205 |
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| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/aca7b9 |
| Published in: | The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| Language: | English |