PHANGS–JWST First Results: The 21 μm Compact Source Population

Hassani, Hamid and Rosolowsky, Erik and Leroy, Adam K. and Boquien, Médéric and Lee, Janice C. and Barnes, Ashley T. and Belfiore, Francesco and Bigiel, F. and Cao, Yixian and Chevance, Mélanie and Dale, Daniel A. and Egorov, Oleg V. and Emsellem, Eric and Faesi, Christopher M. and Grasha, Kathryn and Kim, Jaeyeon and Klessen, Ralf S. and Kreckel, Kathryn and Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik and Larson, Kirsten L. and Meidt, Sharon E. and Sandstrom, Karin M. and Schinnerer, Eva and Thilker, David A. and Watkins, Elizabeth J. and Whitmore, Bradley C. and Williams, Thomas G. (2023) PHANGS–JWST First Results: The 21 μm Compact Source Population. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 944 (2). L21. ISSN 2041-8205

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Abstract

We use PHANGS–James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) data to identify and classify 1271 compact 21 μm sources in four nearby galaxies using MIRI F2100W data. We identify sources using a dendrogram-based algorithm, and we measure the background-subtracted flux densities for JWST bands from 2 to 21 μm. Using the spectral energy distribution (SED) in JWST and HST bands plus ALMA and MUSE/VLT observations, we classify the sources by eye. Then we use this classification to define regions in color–color space and so establish a quantitative framework for classifying sources. We identify 1085 sources as belonging to the ISM of the target galaxies with the remainder being dusty stars or background galaxies. These 21 μm sources are strongly spatially associated with H ii regions (>92% of sources), while 74% of the sources are coincident with a stellar association defined in the HST data. Using SED fitting, we find that the stellar masses of the 21 μm sources span a range of 102–104 M⊙ with mass-weighted ages down to 2 Myr. There is a tight correlation between attenuation-corrected Hα and 21 μm luminosity for Lν,F2100W > 1019 W Hz−1. Young embedded source candidates selected at 21 μm are found below this threshold and have M⋆ < 103 M⊙.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Open Archive Press > Physics and Astronomy
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email support@openarchivepress.com
Date Deposited: 19 Apr 2023 06:22
Last Modified: 06 Jul 2024 06:48
URI: http://library.2pressrelease.co.in/id/eprint/957

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