PHANGS–JWST First Results: The Dust Filament Network of NGC 628 and Its Relation to Star Formation Activity

PHANGS–JWST mid-infrared (MIR) imaging of nearby spiral galaxies has revealed ubiquitous filaments of dust emission in intricate detail. We present a pilot study to systematically map the dust filament network (DFN) at multiple scales between 25 and 400 pc in NGC 628. MIRI images at 7.7, 10, 11.3, a...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Main Authors:	David A. Thilker, Janice C. Lee, Sinan Deger, Ashley T. Barnes, Frank Bigiel, Médéric Boquien, Yixian Cao, Mélanie Chevance, Daniel A. Dale, Oleg V. Egorov, Simon C. O. Glover, Kathryn Grasha, Jonathan D. Henshaw, Ralf S. Klessen, Eric Koch, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Adam K. Leroy, Ryan A. Lessing, Sharon E. Meidt, Francesca Pinna, Miguel Querejeta, Erik Rosolowsky, Karin M. Sandstrom, Eva Schinnerer, Rowan J. Smith, Elizabeth J. Watkins, Thomas G. Williams, Gagandeep S. Anand, Francesco Belfiore, Guillermo A. Blanc, Rupali Chandar, Enrico Congiu, Eric Emsellem, Brent Groves, Kathryn Kreckel, Kirsten L. Larson, Daizhong Liu, Ismael Pessa, Bradley C. Whitmore
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Interstellar medium Interstellar filaments Interstellar dust Dust continuum emission Extinction Star formation
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acaeac