First results from the JWST Early Release Science Program Q3D: Ionization cone, clumpy star formation and shocks in a $z=3$ extremely red quasar host
Andrey Vayner, Nadia L. Zakamska, Yuzo Ishikawa, Swetha Sankar, Dominika Wylezalek, David S. N. Rupke, Sylvain Veilleux, Caroline Bertemes, Jorge K. Barrera-Bal… 展开作者
Andrey Vayner, Nadia L. Zakamska, Yuzo Ishikawa, Swetha Sankar, Dominika Wylezalek, David S. N. Rupke, Sylvain Veilleux, Caroline Bertemes, Jorge K. Barrera-Ballesteros, Hsiao-Wen Chen, Nadiia Diachenko, Andy D. Goulding, Jenny E. Greene, Kevin N. Hainline, Fred Hamann, Timothy Heckman, Sean D. Johnson, Hui Xian Grace Lim, Weizhe Liu, Dieter Lutz, Nora Lutzgendorf, Vincenzo Mainieri, Ryan McCrory, Grey Murphree, Nicole P. H. Nesvadba, Patrick Ogle, Eckhard Sturm, Lillian Whitesell
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19 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Massive galaxies formed most actively at redshifts $z=1-3$ during the period known as `cosmic noon.' Here we present an emission-line study of an extremely red quasar SDSSJ165202.64+172852.3 host galaxy at $z=2.94$, based on observations with the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) integral field unit (IFU) on board JWST. We use standard emission-line diagnostic ratios to map the sources of gas ionization across the host and a swarm of companion galaxies. The quasar dominates the photoionization, but we also discover shock-excited regions orthogonal to the ionization cone and the quasar-driven outflow. These shocks could be merger-induced or -- more likely, given the presence of a powerful galactic-scale quasar outflow -- these are signatures of wide-angle outflows that can reach parts of the galaxy that are not directly illuminated by the quasar. Finally, the kinematically narrow emission associated with the host galaxy presents as a collection of 1 kpc-scale clumps forming stars at a rate of at least 200 $M_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$. The ISM within these clumps shows high electron densities, reaching up to 3,000 cm$^{-3}$ with metallicities ranging from half to a third solar with a positive metallicity gradient and V band extinctions up to 3 magnitudes. The star formation conditions are far more extreme in these regions than in local star-forming galaxies but consistent with that of massive galaxies at cosmic noon. JWST observations reveal an archetypical rapidly forming massive galaxy undergoing a merger, a clumpy starburst, an episode of obscured near-Eddington quasar activity, and an extremely powerful quasar outflow simultaneously.
The spatial distribution and physical sizes of star forming clumps at the smallest scales provide valuable information on hierarchical star formation (SF). In this context, we report the sites of ongoing SF at ~120 pc along the interacting galaxies in Stephan's Quintet (SQ) compact group using AstroSat-UVIT and JWST data. Since ultraviolet radiation is a direct tracer of recent SF, we identified star forming clumps in this compact group from the FUV imaging which we used to guide us to detect star forming regions on JWST IR images. The FUV imaging reveals star forming regions within which we d…
JWST's PEARLS: A clumpy ring galaxy at $z = 4.0148$
University of Illinois（伊利诺伊大学）；Durham University（杜伦大学）；Arizona State University（亚利桑那州立大学）；Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS（中国科学院南天文中心，国家天文台，中科院）；Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学乔德雷尔银行天体物理学中心）；Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC)（坎塔布里亚物理研究所（西班牙科学理事会-坎塔布里亚大学））；University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）
The onset of the {\it JWST}-era provides a much-improved opportunity to characterize the resolved structure of early star forming systems. Previous {\it Spitzer} observations of $z\gtrsim 6$ galaxies revealed the presence of old stars and luminous HII regions (via [OIII]+H$β$ emission), but the poor resolution stunted our ability to map their locations with respect to the star forming regions identified in the rest-UV. In this paper, we investigate the internal structure of 12 of the most luminous $z\simeq 6-8$ galaxies in the EGS field observed with recent {\it JWST}/NIRCam imaging. The syste…
We present IFU observations with MUSE@VLT and deep imaging with FORS@VLT of a dwarf galaxy recently formed within the giant collisional HI ring surrounding NGC 5291. This TDG-like object has the characteristics of typical z=1-2 gas-rich spiral galaxies: a high gas fraction, a rather turbulent clumpy ISM, the absence of an old stellar population, a moderate metallicity and star formation efficiency. The MUSE spectra allow us to determine the physical conditions within the various complex substructures revealed by the deep optical images, and to scrutinize at unprecedented spatial resolution the…
Black Holes in the Shadow: The Missing High-Ionization Lines in the Earliest JWST AGNs
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca（米兰比可卡大学）；Stockholm University（斯德哥尔摩大学）；University of Cambridge（剑桥大学）；University College London（伦敦大学学院）；University of California Santa Cruz（加州大学圣克鲁兹分校）
We utilize medium-resolution JWST/NIRSpec observations of 164 galaxies at $z=2.0-9.3$ from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey to investigate the evolution of the excitation and ionization properties of galaxies at high redshifts. Our results represent the first statistical constraints on the evolution of the [OIII]/H$β$ vs. [NII]/H$α$, [SII]/H$α$, and [OI]/H$α$ ``BPT'' diagrams at $z>2.7$, and the first analysis of the O32 vs. R23 diagram at $z>4$ with a large sample. We divide the sample into five redshift bins containing 30-40 galaxies each. The subsamples at $z\sim2.3…
Ionization Structure and Metal Enrichment of the Galactic Center Minispiral Observed with JWST
McGill University（麦吉尔大学）；Trottier Space Institute（特罗蒂尔太空研究所）；Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto（多伦多大学加拿大理论天体物理研究所）；Max Planck Insitute for Radioastronomy（马克斯·普朗克射电天文研究所）；Center for Astrophysics — Harvard & Smithsonian（哈佛-史密森尼天体物理中心）；Institute of Astrophysics, Central China Normal University（华中师范大学天体物理研究所）；Villanova University（维拉诺瓦大学）
LEGGOS I: The JWST LEGGOS Survey -- LEnsing and Galaxy Growth: Observing Substructures -- Unpacks the Nature of Clumpy Star Formation and Quenching in Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies beyond Cosmic Noon
University of Washington（华盛顿大学）；University of Pittsburgh（匹兹堡大学）；University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学）；Eureka Scientific（尤里卡科学公司）；University of Cincinnati（辛辛那提大学）；NASA Goddard Space Flight Center（美国国家航空航天局戈达德太空飞行中心）
Spatially Resolved AGN Ionization and Star Formation at Cosmic Noon with JWST/JEMS
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台）；NSF NOIRLab（美国国家科学基金会NOIR天文台）；International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab（国际Gemini天文台/美国国家科学基金会NOIR天文台）；Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison（威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校天文学系）；Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge（剑桥卡弗里宇宙学研究所）
Clumpy Disk, Interloper, or Merger? Nature of a Distant Galaxy Pair at 5 kpc Projected Separation
University of California, Irvine（加州大学尔湾分校）；University of California, Riverside（加州大学河滨分校）；California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）；The University of Texas at Austin（德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校）；Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias（加那利群岛天体物理研究所）
Using MIRI on-board JWST we present mid-infrared sub-arcsec imaging (MIRIM) and spectroscopy (MRS) of the hyperluminous infrared system SPT0311-58 at z=6.9. MIRI observations are compared with existing ALMA far-infrared continuum and [CII]158$μ$m imaging. Even though the ALMA observations suggests very high star formation rates (SFR) in the eastern (E) and western (W) galaxies of the system, the H$α$ line is not detected. This, together with the detection of the Pa$α$ line, implies very high optical nebular extinction with lower limits of 4.2 (E) and 3.9 mag (W), and even larger 5.6 (E) and 10…
Context: It has been proposed that H$_2$ near-infrared lines may be excited by cosmic rays and allow for a determination of the cosmic-ray ionization rate in dense gas. One-dimensional models show that measuring both the H$_2$ gas column density and H$_2$ line intensity enables a constraint on the cosmic-ray ionization rate as well as the spectral slope of low-energy cosmic-ray protons in the interstellar medium (ISM). Aims: We aim to investigate the impact of certain assumptions regarding the H$_2$ chemical models and ISM density distributions on the emission of cosmic-ray induced H$_2$ emiss…
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 photometric bands of the MIRI and NIRCam instruments on JWST provide the opportunity to measure PAH emission features across entire galaxy disks at unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. Here we present the first results of this analysis in a sample of three nearby galaxies: NGC 628, NGC 1365, and NGC 7496. Based on the variations observed in the 3.3, 7.7, and 11.3 $μ$m features, we infer changes to the average PAH …
Low-energy cosmic-rays (CRs) control the thermo-chemical state and the coupling between gas and magnetic fields in dense molecular clouds, the sites of star-formation. However, current estimates of the low-energy CR spectrum ($E \lesssim 1$ GeV) and the associated CR ionization rate are highly uncertain. We apply, for the first time, a new method for constraining the CR ionization rate and the CR spectral shape using H$_2$ rovibrational lines from cold molecular clouds. Using the MMIRS instrument on the MMT, we obtained deep near-infrared (NIR) spectra in six positions within four dense cores,…
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play a critical role in the reprocessing of stellar radiation and in balancing the heating and cooling processes in the interstellar medium (ISM), but appear to be destroyed in HII regions. However, the mechanisms driving their destruction are still not completely understood. Using PHANGS-JWST and PHANGS-MUSE observations, we investigate how the PAH fraction changes in about 1500 HII regions across four nearby star-forming galaxies (NGC 628, NGC 1365, NGC 7496, IC 5332). We find a strong anti-correlation between the PAH fraction and the ionization parame…
JWST absorption line spectroscopy with SPURS: ISM covering fractions and kinematics in individual galaxies at $z=5-9$
The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science（卡内基科学研究所天文台）；Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)（宇宙黎明中心）；Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen（哥本哈根大学尼尔斯·玻尔研究所）；Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley（加州大学伯克利分校天文学系）；Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis（加州大学戴维斯分校物理与天文学系）；Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge（剑桥大学卡弗里宇宙学研究所）；Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge（剑桥大学卡文迪许实验室）；Instituto de Estudios Astrofícos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales（迭戈·波特莱斯大学工程与科学学院天体物理研究所）；Millenium Nucleus for Galaxies (MINGAL)（星系千年核心（MINGAL））；Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Univers（宗座大学物理学院天体物理研究所）
The Structure and Evolution of LRDs: Insights from JWST NIRSpec Medium and High Resolution Spectroscopy at $z\sim4$
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)（中国科学院大学）；National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院国家天文台）；Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University（北京师范大学天文与前沿科学研究院）；Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy（中国科学院南美天文中心）；Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, NAOC（中国科学院国家天文台光学天文重点实验室）；Department of Astronomy, School of Physics, Peking University（北京大学物理学院天文学系）
Silicate emission in a type-2 quasar: JWST/MIRI constraints on torus geometry and radiative feedback
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias（加那利天体物理学研究所）；Universidad de La Laguna（拉古纳大学）；Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA（西班牙国家研究委员会-国家航空航天技术研究所天体生物学中心）；University of South Carolina（南卡罗来纳大学）；Stanford University（斯坦福大学）；University of Southampton（南安普顿大学）；Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (OAN-IGN（国家天文台（ IGN））
We present mid-infrared spectroscopic observations of the nucleus of the nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC 7469 taken with the MIRI instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as part of Directors Discretionary Time Early Release Science (ERS) program 1328. The high resolution nuclear spectrum contains 19 emission lines covering a wide range of ionization. The high ionization lines show broad, blueshifted emission reaching velocities up to 1700 km s$^{-1}$ and FWHM ranging from $\sim500 - 1100$ km s$^{-1}$. The width of the broad emission and the broad to narrow line flux ratios correlate with…
JWST reveals a highly ionized nebula powered by an ultraluminous X-ray source with a massive black hole in the metal-poor galaxy Holmberg II
Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；AURA for ESA, Space Telescope Science Institute（欧洲航天局天文研究联盟，太空望远镜科学研究所）；Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam（波茨坦大学物理与天文学研究所）；Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent（根特大学天文台）；Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC)（空间科学研究所（地球物理与化学研究所，西班牙国家研究委员会））；Centro de Astrobiología – Departamento de Astrofísica (CSIC-INTA)（天体生物学中心 - 天体物理学系（西班牙国家研究委员会-国家航空航天技术研究所））
本研究通过JWST光谱观测，首次在ULX Ho II X-1周围探测到[Ne V]和[Ne VI]，直接证实该ULX关联低金属丰度星系中的高度电离星云，其电离由吸积黑洞驱动，电离条件呈各向异性。
Search for High-Ionization Nebular Emission (SHINE). I. A Systematically Selected [Ne V] Sample at z > 3 with JWST/NIRSpec PRISM
George Mason University（乔治梅森大学）；Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève（日内瓦天文台，日内瓦大学）；CNRS, IRAP（法国国家科学研究中心，天体物理研究所）；Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva（日内瓦大学天文学系）
A JWST/NIRSpec Exploration of the Connection between Ionization Parameter, Electron Density, and Star-Formation-Rate Surface Density in z=2.7-6.3 Galaxies
First Results from the JWST Early Release Science Program Q3D: AGN Photoionization and Shock Ionization in a Red Quasar at $z = 0.4$
Johns Hopkins University（约翰斯·霍普金斯大学）；Rhodes College（罗兹学院）；University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学）；Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut（海德堡大学天体物理中心，天文计算研究所）；University of Maryland, College Park（马里兰大学帕克分校）；Massachusetts Institute of Technology（麻省理工学院）
LEGGOS II: A Strong Lens Model and Source-Plane Projection of the Clumpy Star-Forming Galaxy SGASJ111020.0+645950.8 at z=2.48
University of Michigan（密歇根大学）；NASA Goddard Space Flight Center（美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心）；University of Maryland（马里兰大学）；Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA/GSFC（NASA/戈达德太空飞行中心空间科学与技术研究探索中心）；University of Cincinnati（辛辛那提大学）；Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台）；Eureka Scientific（尤里卡科学公司）；University of Washington（华盛顿大学）
We analyze the rest-frame near-UV and optical nebular spectra of three $z > 7$ galaxies from the Early Release Observations taken with the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). These three high-z galaxies show the detection of several strong-emission nebular lines, including the temperature-sensitive [O III] $λ$4363 line, allowing us to directly determine the nebular conditions and abundances for O/H, C/O, and Ne/O. We derive O/H abundances and ionization parameters that are generally consistent with other recent analyses. We analyze the mass-metallicit…
Using the novel $JWST$/NIRCam observations in the Abell 2744 field, we present a first spatially resolved overview of an $HST$-dark galaxy, spectroscopically confirmed at $z=2.58$ with magnification $μ\approx1.9$. While being largely invisible at $\sim$1 $μ$m with NIRCam, except for sparse clumpy sub-structures, the object is well-detected and resolved in the long-wavelength bands with a spiral shape clearly visible in F277W. By combining ancillary ALMA and $Herschel$ data, we infer that this object is an edge-on dusty spiral with an intrinsic stellar mass log$(M_*/M_\odot)\sim11.3$ and a dust…
We present optical-line gas metallicity diagnostics established by the combination of local SDSS galaxies and the largest compilation of extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs) including new EMPGs identified by the Subaru EMPRESS survey. A total of 103 EMPGs are included that cover a large parameter space of magnitude (Mi=-19 to -7) and H-beta equivalent width (10-600 Ang), i.e., wide ranges of stellar mass and star-formation rate. Using reliable metallicity measurements of the direct method for these galaxies, we derive the relationships between strong optical-line ratios and gas-phase metallic…
One of the main mechanisms that could drive mass outflows on parsec scales in AGN is thermal driving. The same X-rays that ionize and heat the plasma are also expected to make it thermally unstable. Indeed, it has been proposed that the observed clumpiness in AGN winds is caused by thermal instability (TI). While many studies employing time-dependent numerical simulations of AGN outflows have included the necessary physics for TI, none have so far managed to produce clumpiness. Here we present the first such clumpy wind simulations in 1-D and 2-D, obtained by simulating parsec scale outflows i…
Stellar winds of O-type stars traced by high ionization fine-structure emission lines with JWST/MIRI
Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；University of Sheffield（谢菲尔德大学）；European Space Agency (ESA)（欧洲空间局）；SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research（荷兰空间研究所）；Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, Universiteit van Amsterdam（阿姆斯特丹大学安东·潘内库克天文学研究所）
利用 JWST/MIRI 观测 22 颗 OB 型星，通过 [Ne V] 14.3μm 发射线测量 5 颗 O 型星的星风速度和质量损失率下限，发现中红外发射在弱风区也频繁出现，为研究大质量星星风提供新窗口。
The Sunburst Arc with JWST. IV. The importance of interaction, turbulence, and feedback for Lyman-continuum escape
Stockholm University（斯德哥尔摩大学）；International Space Science Institute（国际空间科学研究所）；Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA/GSFC（NASA戈达德太空飞行中心空间科学与技术研究实验中心）；NASA Goddard Space Flight Center（美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心）；California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）；Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学斯蒂沃德天文台）
SPURS: Evidence for Clumpy Neutral Envelopes and Ionized IGM Surrounding Little Red Dots in Abell 2744 from Ultra-Deep Rest-UV Spectroscopy
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University（上海交大李政道研究所）；School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University（上海交通大学物理与天文学院）；State Key Laboratory of Dark Matter Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University（上海交通大学暗物质全国重点实验室）；Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley（加州大学伯克利分校天文学系）；Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN)（宇宙黎明中心）；Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen（哥本哈根大学尼尔斯玻尔研究所）；Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago（芝加哥大学天文与天体物理系）；Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago（芝加哥大学卡弗里宇宙物理学研究所）；Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut（海德堡大学天文中心计算天文研究所）
通过超深rest-UV光谱研究，发现Abell 2744中Little Red Dots周围存在致密中性包层和电离IGM，揭示其可能通过密集环境形成Lyα发射。
