Investigating the extinction law in regions of high dust extinction, such as the Pillars of Creation within the M16 region, is crucial for understanding the densest parts of the interstellar medium (ISM). In this study, we utilize observations from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to analyze the color-excess ratios $E(F090W-λ)/E(F090W-F200W)$ across a wavelength range of $0.9-7.7\,μ\mathrm{m}$. Our method involves performing linear regression on color-color diagrams to derive these ratios. The enhanced detection capabilities of JWST data allow us to probe the distinct extinction law to the densest regions in M16 corresponding to an extinction depth up to $A_V \sim 60$\,mag. Remarkably, the resultant color-excess ratio curve exhibits a flatter profile than predicted by typical dust extinction models with $R_V = 5.5$ for dense ISM environments. Moreover, we observe that the mid-infrared (MIR) extinction law diverges from the near-infrared (NIR) power-law, showing a tendency for the slope to flatten as the wavelength increases. These findings have significant implications for our understanding of the dust properties in dense interstellar environments.
Radiative Compression of Dense Cores in the Pillars of Creation as Revealed by JWST Extinction Mapping
Center for Astrophysics, Guangzhou University（广州大学天体物理中心）；South-Western Institute for Astronomy Research, Yunnan University（云南大学西南天文研究所）；Departamento de Fisica y Astronomia, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello（安第斯贝尔特罗大学精确科学学院物理与天文系）；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）；Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University（北京师范大学天文系）
Evidence of triggered star formation in the Pillars of Creation from JWST observations
Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University（北京师范大学前沿天体物理研究所）；School of Physics and Astronomy, Beijing Normal University（北京师范大学物理与天文学院）；South-Western Institute for Astronomy Research, Yunnan University（云南大学西南天文研究所）；Center for Astrophysics, Guangzhou University（广州大学天体物理中心）；Key Laboratory of Space Astronomy and Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院国家天文台空间天文与技术重点实验室）
We measure the extinction law in the 30 Dor star formation region in the Large Magellanic Cloud using Early Release Observations taken with Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) onboard the JWST, thereby extending previous studies with the Hubble Space Telescope to the infrared. We use red clump stars to derive the direction of the reddening vector in twelve bands and present the extinction law in this massive star forming region from $0.3$ to $4.7\,μ$m. At wavelengths longer than 1 $μ$m, we find a ratio of total and selective extinction twice as high as in the diffuse Milky Way interstellar medium an…
Early observations with JWST indicate an over-abundance of bright galaxies at redshifts $z \gtrsim 10$ relative to Hubble-calibrated model predictions. More puzzling still is the apparent lack of evolution in the abundance of such objects between $z \sim 9$ and the highest redshifts yet probed, $z \sim 13$-$17$. In this study, we first show that, despite a poor match with JWST LFs, semi-empirical models calibrated to UVLFs and colours at $4 \lesssim z \lesssim 8$ are largely consistent with constraints on the properties of individual JWST galaxies, including their stellar masses, ages, and res…
The JWST-NIRCam View of Sagittarius C. III. The Extinction Curve
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC（安达卢西亚天体物理研究所）；European Southern Observatory（欧洲南方天文台）；Department of Astronomy, University of Florida（佛罗里达大学天文学系）；Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia（弗吉尼亚大学天文学系）；Department of Space, Earth & Environment, Chalmers University of Technology（查尔姆斯理工大学空间、地球与环境系）；National Astronomical Observatory of Japan（日本国立天文台）
JWST Spectroscopic View of a Rapidly Growing Dust-obscured Quasar at $z \sim 4$: Effect of Dust Extinction Correction on Black Hole Mass and Eddington Ratio Estimation
A first taste of MEAD (Measuring Extinction and Abundances of Dust) -- I. Diffuse Milky Way interstellar dust extinction features in JWST infrared spectra
Probing Dust Composition in Distant Galaxies with JWST Mid-IR Spectroscopy of Quasars with Foreground 2175 Å Absorbers II. Measurements of Grain Composition and Extinction Properties
University of South Carolina（南卡罗来纳大学）；Georgia Southern University（佐治亚南方大学）
A precise interstellar dust extinction law is critically important to interpret observations. There are two indicators of extinction: the color excess ratio (CER) and the relative extinction. Compared to the CER, the wavelength-dependent relative extinction is more challenging to be determined. In this work, we combine spectroscopic, astrometric, and photometric data to derive high-precision CERs and relative extinction from optical to mid-infrared (IR) bands. A group of 61,111 red clump (RC) stars are selected as tracers by stellar parameters from APOGEE survey. The multiband photometric data…
We report the discovery in Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of the new Herbig-Haro jet, HH 1019, located near the Tr 14 cluster in the Carina Nebula. Like other HH jets in the region, this bipolar collimated flow emerges from the head of a dark dust pillar. However, HH 1019 is unique because -- unlike all other HH jets known to date -- it is identified by a linear chain of dark, dusty knots that are seen primarily in silhouette against the background screen of the H II region. Proper motions confirm that these dark condensations move along the jet axis at high speed. [S II] emission traces …
JADES: Discovery of Large Reservoirs of Small Dust Grains in the Circumgalactic Medium of Massive Galaxies at $z\sim3.5$ through Deep JWST/NIRCam Imaging and Grism Spectroscopy
University of Cambridge（剑桥大学）；Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台）；The Pennsylvania State University（宾夕法尼亚州立大学）；Tsinghua University（清华大学）
Interstellar dust plays a central role in shaping the detailed structure of the interstellar medium, thus strongly influencing star formation and galaxy evolution. Dust extinction provides one of the main pillars of our understanding of interstellar dust while also often being one of the limiting factors when interpreting observations of distant objects, including resolved and unresolved galaxies. The ultraviolet (UV) and mid-infrared (MIR) wavelength regimes exhibit features of the main components of dust, carbonaceous and silicate materials, and therefore provide the most fruitful avenue for…
Protoplanetary Disk Evolution in a Low-Metallicity Environment: JWST's First Mid-Infrared Census of Low-Mass Stars
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan（日本国立天文台）；SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)（综合研究大学院大学）；Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University（名古屋大学理学研究科）；Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo（东京大学理学部天体物理系）；Kiso Observatory, Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo（东京大学理学部天文科学系木曾观测站）；Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院喷气推进实验室）
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…
JWST spectra are consistent with the edge-on star-forming galaxy scenario for the "runaway supermassive black hole"
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias（加那利群岛天体物理研究所）；Universidad de La Laguna（拉古纳大学）；Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México（墨西哥国立自治大学）；Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC)（空间科学研究所）
We study the photometric properties and sizes of the reionization-epoch galaxies in high-resolution Simba cosmological hydrodynamical simulations with box sizes of $[25,50]~h^{-1}$Mpc. Assuming various attenuation laws, we compute photometry by extincting each star particle's spectrum using the line-of-sight gas metal column density. The predicted ultraviolet luminosity function (UVLF) generally agrees with observations at $z=6$, owing to a partial cancellation between the high metallicities of the simulated galaxies and lower dust-to-metal ratios. The simulated $z=8$ UVLF is low compared to o…
Using the 0.9--4.4~$μ$m imaging data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Observation in the SMACS J0723.3-7327 galaxy cluster field, we discuss the properties of three submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) detected by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array. These sources are magnified by 1.4--2.1$\times$due to gravitational lensing. This is the first time that SMG host galaxies are resolved in the rest-frame near-infrared (NIR). One source was previous undetected by HST, while the remaining two are disk galaxies with Sérsic indices of $\sim 0.9$ and star formation rates on or just bel…
We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) imaging of NGC 7469 with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI). NGC 7469 is a nearby, $z=0.01627$, luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) that hosts both a Seyfert Type-1.5 nucleus and a circumnuclear starburst ring with a radius of $\sim$0.5 kpc. The new near-infrared (NIR) JWST imaging reveals 66 star-forming regions, 37 of which were not detected by HST observations. Twenty-eight of the 37 sources have very red NIR colors that indicate obscurations up to A$_{\rm{v}}\sim7$ and a contribution of at least 25$\%$ from hot …
JWST observations of photodissociation regions: II. Warm molecular Hydrogen spectroscopy in the Horsehead nebula
Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale（巴黎萨克雷大学）；Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris（索邦大学）；Space Telescope Science Institute（太空望远镜科学研究所）；LUX, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS（巴黎天文台）；Université Paris-Cité（巴黎西岱大学）；Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台）；Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario（韦仕敦大学物理与天文学系）；Ritter Astrophysical Research Center, University of Toledo（托莱多大学里特天体物理研究中心）
Dust enrichment from core-collapse supernovae and extinction curves in the high-redshift universe
The University of Tokyo（东京大学）；Dipartimento di Fisica, “Sapienza” Università di Roma（罗马大学物理系）；INAF/Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma（意大利国家天体物理研究所罗马天文台）；INFN, Sezione Roma I（意大利国家核物理研究所罗马第一分所）；Sapienza School for Advanced Studies（萨皮恩扎高等研究学院）；INAF/Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri（意大利国家天体物理研究所阿切尔天文台）；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）；Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI)（宇宙物理与数学科学卡弗里研究所）
In recent years, significant growth in the amount of data available to astronomers has opened up the possibility to uncover fundamental correlations, linking the dust component of a galaxy to its star formation rate (SFR). In this paper, we re-examine these correlations, investigating the origin of the observed scatter, and the ability of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore such relations in the early Universe. We defined a sample of about 800 normal star-forming galaxies with photometries in the range of 0.15 < $λ$ < 500 microns and analysed them with different spectral energy di…
We present and analyze spatially-resolved maps for the observed $V$- and $g$-band to 3.6$μ$m flux ratios and the inferred dust extinction values, $A_V$, for a sample of 257 nearby NGC and IC galaxies. Flux ratio maps are constructed using PSF-matched mosaics of SDSS $g$- and $r$-band images and Spitzer/IRAC 3.6$μ$m mosaics, with all pixels contaminated by foreground stars or background objects masked out. By applying the $β_V$ method (Tamura et al. 2009, 2010), which was recently calibrated as a function of redshift and morphological type by Kim, Jansen, & Windhorst (2017), dust extinction map…
Faint galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance revealed by JWST/NIRCam
Universidad de La Serena（拉塞雷纳大学）；Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental, (IATE-CONICET)（理论与实验天文研究所）；Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba（科尔多瓦天文台，科尔多瓦国立大学）；Steward Observatory, University of Arizona（斯图尔德天文台，亚利桑那大学）；Instituto de Investigación en Astronomía y Ciencias Planetarias, Universidad de Atacama（天文学与行星科学研究所，阿塔卡马大学）；Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andrés Bello（天体物理研究所，精确科学学院，安德烈斯·贝略大学）；Vatican Observatory（梵蒂冈天文台）
Ice chemistry that can be unveiled with the JWST: SynthIceSpec, a synthetic spectrum generator to test spectral limits. Solid CO_2 as a dust thermometer and solid CH_3CN detectability in cold cores
Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS（波尔多大学天体物理实验室）；Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA（天体生物学中心）；Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moléculaires, CNRS, Aix Marseille Univ.（离子与分子相互作用物理研究所）；Institut des sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay（奥赛分子科学研究所）；Institute for Astronomy（天文研究所）；CEA-CESTA（法国原子能及替代能源委员会塞斯塔研究中心）；CELIA, University of Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA（波尔多的激光化学和光化学实验室）
JOYS: Launch and destruction of dust in protostellar jets. The case of BHR71-IRS1 with JWST MIRI
Leiden University（莱顿大学）；INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma（罗马天文台国家天体物理研究所）；University of Helsinki（赫尔辛基大学）；Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik（马克斯·普朗克地外物理学研究所）；INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte（卡波迪蒙特天文台国家天体物理研究所）；University of Virginia（弗吉尼亚大学）；Virginia Institute of Theoretical Astronomy（弗吉尼亚理论天文研究所）；Institut de Cienciès de l’Espai (ICE-CSIC)（空间科学研究所（西班牙高等科学研究委员会））；Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)（加泰罗尼亚空间研究所）；Université Paris-Saclay（巴黎萨克雷大学）
FRESCO: Constraining Dust Attenuation and Star-Formation Rates of $z\sim 2$ Star-Forming Galaxies with JWST Paschen and Ground-Based Balmer Emission Line Observations
University of California, Riverside（加州大学河滨分校）；University of Geneva（日内瓦大学）；Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen（哥本哈根大学尼尔斯·玻尔研究所）；Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)（奥地利科学技术研究院）；Yale University（耶鲁大学）；Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA（天体生物学中心（CSIC-INTA））；University of California, Los Angeles（加州大学洛杉矶分校）
We present near-infrared [Fe II] images of four Class 0/I jets (HH 1/2, HH 34, HH 111, HH 46/47) observed with the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3. The unprecedented angular resolution allows us to measure proper motions, jet widths and trajectories, and extinction along the jets. In all cases, we detect the counter-jet which was barely visible or invisible at shorter wavelengths. We measure tangential velocities of a few hundred km/s, consistent with previous HST measurements over 10 years ago. We measure the jet width as close as a few tens of au from the star, revealing high coll…
