PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628
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Published:2023-02-01
Issue:2
Volume:944
Page:L22
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ISSN:2041-8205
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Container-title:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Short-container-title:ApJL
Author:
Barnes Ashley. T.ORCID, Watkins Elizabeth J.ORCID, Meidt Sharon E.ORCID, Kreckel KathrynORCID, Sormani Mattia C.ORCID, Treß Robin G.ORCID, Glover Simon C. O.ORCID, Bigiel FrankORCID, Chandar RupaliORCID, Emsellem EricORCID, Lee Janice C.ORCID, Leroy Adam K.ORCID, Sandstrom Karin M.ORCID, Schinnerer EvaORCID, Rosolowsky ErikORCID, Belfiore FrancescoORCID, Blanc Guillermo A.ORCID, Boquien MédéricORCID, Brok Jakob denORCID, Cao YixianORCID, Chevance MélanieORCID, Dale Daniel A.ORCID, Egorov Oleg V.ORCID, Eibensteiner CosimaORCID, Grasha KathrynORCID, Groves BrentORCID, Hassani HamidORCID, Henshaw Jonathan D.ORCID, Jeffreson SarahORCID, Jiménez-Donaire María J.ORCID, Keller Benjamin W.ORCID, Klessen Ralf S.ORCID, Koch Eric W.ORCID, Kruijssen J. M. DiederikORCID, Larson Kirsten L.ORCID, Li JingORCID, Liu DaizhongORCID, Lopez Laura A.ORCID, Murphy Eric J.ORCID, Neumann LukasORCID, Pety JérômeORCID, Pinna FrancescaORCID, Querejeta MiguelORCID, Renaud FlorentORCID, Saito ToshikiORCID, Sarbadhicary Sumit K.ORCID, Sardone AmyORCID, Smith Rowan J.ORCID, Stuber Sophia K.ORCID, Sun JiayiORCID, Thilker David A.ORCID, Usero AntonioORCID, Whitmore Bradley C.ORCID, Williams Thomas G.ORCID
Abstract
Abstract
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 Hα 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 (∼105
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, H2 (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.
Funder
European Resuscitation Council Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft National Science Foundation
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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