The H2 Glow of a Quiescent Molecular Cloud Observed with JWST

We report JWST MIRI/MRS observations of the H _2 S (1) 17.04 μ m transition in two regions in the boundary of the Taurus molecular cloud. The two regions, denoted “Edge” (near the relatively sharp boundary of the ^13 CO J = 1 → 0 emission) and “Peak” (the location of the strongest H _2 emission obs...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Main Authors:	Paul F. Goldsmith, Shengzhe Wang, Xin Wang, Raphael Skalidis, Gary A. Fuller, Di Li, Chao-Wei Tsai, Lile Wang, Donghui Quan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Interstellar medium Diffuse interstellar clouds Dense interstellar clouds Interstellar line emission
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adcf9c

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