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1. PDRs4All IX. Sulfur elemental abundance in the Orion Bar

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Fuente, Asunción, Roueff, Evelyne, Petit, Franck Le, Bourlot, Jacques Le, Bron, Emeric, Wolfire, Mark G., Babb, James F., Yan, Pei-Gen, Onaka, Takashi, Black, John H., Schroetter, Ilane, Van De Putte, Dries, Sidhu, Ameek, Canin, Amélie, Trahin, Boris, Alarcón, Felipe, Chown, Ryan, Kannavou, Olga, Berné, Olivier, Habart, Emilie, Peeters, Els, Goicoechea, Javier R., Zannese, Marion, Meshaka, Raphael, Okada, Yoko, Röllig, Markus, Gal, Romane Le, Sales, Dinalva A., Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta, Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio, Madden, Suzanne C., Neelamkodan, Naslim, Zhang, Ziwei E., and Stancil, P. C.

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Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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One of the main problems in astrochemistry is determining the amount of sulfur in volatiles and refractories in the interstellar medium. The detection of the main sulfur reservoirs (icy H$_2$S and atomic gas) has been challenging, and estimates are based on the reliability of models to account for the abundances of species containing less than 1% of the total sulfur. The high sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope provides an unprecedented opportunity to estimate the sulfur abundance through the observation of the [S I] 25.249 $\mu$m line. We used the [S III] 18.7 $\mu$m, [S IV] 10.5 $\mu$m, and [S l] 25.249 $\mu$m lines to estimate the amount of sulfur in the ionized and molecular gas along the Orion Bar. For the theoretical part, we used an upgraded version of the Meudon photodissociation region (PDR) code to model the observations. New inelastic collision rates of neutral atomic sulfur with ortho- and para- molecular hydrogen were calculated to predict the line intensities. The [S III] 18.7 $\mu$m and [S IV] 10.5 $\mu$m lines are detected over the imaged region with a shallow increase (by a factor of 4) toward the HII region. We estimate a moderate sulfur depletion, by a factor of $\sim$2, in the ionized gas. The corrugated interface between the molecular and atomic phases gives rise to several edge-on dissociation fronts we refer to as DF1, DF2, and DF3. The [S l] 25.249 $\mu$m line is only detected toward DF2 and DF3, the dissociation fronts located farthest from the HII region. The detailed modeling of DF3 using the Meudon PDR code shows that the emission of the [S l] 25.249 $\mu$m line is coming from warm ($>$ 40 K) molecular gas located at A$_{\rm V}$ $\sim$ 1$-$5 mag from the ionization front. Moreover, the intensity of the [S l] 25.249 $\mu$m line is only accounted for if we assume the presence of undepleted sulfur., Comment: 16 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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2024

2. PDRs4All VIII: Mid-IR emission line inventory of the Orion Bar

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Van De Putte, Dries, Meshaka, Raphael, Trahin, Boris, Habart, Emilie, Peeters, Els, Berné, Olivier, Alarcón, Felipe, Canin, Amélie, Chown, Ryan, Schroetter, Ilane, Sidhu, Ameek, Boersma, Christiaan, Bron, Emeric, Dartois, Emmanuel, Goicoechea, Javier R., Gordon, Karl D., Onaka, Takashi, Tielens, Alexander G. G. M., Verstraete, Laurent, Wolfire, Mark G., Abergel, Alain, Bergin, Edwin A., Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo, Cami, Jan, Cuadrado, Sara, Dicken, Daniel, Elyajouri, Meriem, Fuente, Asunción, Joblin, Christine, Khan, Baria, Lacinbala, Ozan, Languignon, David, Gal, Romane Le, Maragkoudakis, Alexandros, Okada, Yoko, Pasquini, Sofia, Pound, Marc W., Robberto, Massimo, Röllig, Markus, Schefter, Bethany, Schirmer, Thiébaut, Tabone, Benoit, Vicente, Sílvia, Zannese, Marion, Colgan, Sean W. J., He, Jinhua, Rouillé, Gaël, Togi, Aditya, Aleman, Isabel, Auchettl, Rebecca, Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio, Bejaoui, Salma, Bera, Partha P., Black, John H., Boulanger, Francois, Bouwman, Jordy, Brandl, Bernhard, Brechignac, Philippe, Brünken, Sandra, Buragohain, Mridusmita, Burkhardt, Andrew, Candian, Alessandra, Cazaux, Stéphanie, Cernicharo, Jose, Chabot, Marin, Chakraborty, Shubhadip, Champion, Jason, Cooke, Ilsa R., Coutens, Audrey, Cox, Nick L. J., Demyk, Karine, Meyer, Jennifer Donovan, Foschino, Sacha, García-Lario, Pedro, Gerin, Maryvonne, Gottlieb, Carl A., Guillard, Pierre, Gusdorf, Antoine, Hartigan, Patrick, Herbst, Eric, Hornekaer, Liv, Issa, Lina, Jäger, Cornelia, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Kannavou, Olga, Kaufman, Michael, Kemper, Francisca, Kendrew, Sarah, Kirsanova, Maria S., Klaassen, Pamela, Kwok, Sun, Labiano, Álvaro, Lai, Thomas S. -Y., Floch, Bertrand Le, Petit, Franck Le, Li, Aigen, Linz, Hendrik, Mackie, Cameron J., Madden, Suzanne C., Mascetti, Joëlle, McGuire, Brett A., Merino, Pablo, Micelotta, Elisabetta R., Morse, Jon A., Mulas, Giacomo, Neelamkodan, Naslim, Ohsawa, Ryou, Omont, Alain, Paladini, Roberta, Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta, Pathak, Amit, Pendleton, Yvonne J., Petrignani, Annemieke, Pino, Thomas, Puga, Elena, Rangwala, Naseem, Rapacioli, Mathias, Rho, Jeonghee, Ricca, Alessandra, Roman-Duval, Julia, Roser, Joseph, Roueff, Evelyne, Salama, Farid, Sales, Dinalva A., Sandstrom, Karin, Sarre, Peter, Sciamma-O'Brien, Ella, Sellgren, Kris, Shenoy, Sachindev S., Teyssier, David, Thomas, Richard D., Witt, Adolf N., Wootten, Alwyn, Ysard, Nathalie, Zettergren, Henning, Zhang, Yong, Zhang, Ziwei E., and Zhen, Junfeng

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

Mid-infrared emission features probe the properties of ionized gas, and hot or warm molecular gas. The Orion Bar is a frequently studied photodissociation region (PDR) containing large amounts of gas under these conditions, and was observed with the MIRI IFU aboard JWST as part of the "PDRs4All" program. The resulting IR spectroscopic images of high angular resolution (0.2") reveal a rich observational inventory of mid-IR emission lines, and spatially resolve the substructure of the PDR, with a mosaic cutting perpendicularly across the ionization front and three dissociation fronts. We extracted five spectra that represent the ionized, atomic, and molecular gas layers, and measured the most prominent gas emission lines. An initial analysis summarizes the physical conditions of the gas and the potential of these data. We identified around 100 lines, report an additional 18 lines that remain unidentified, and measured the line intensities and central wavelengths. The H I recombination lines originating from the ionized gas layer bordering the PDR, have intensity ratios that are well matched by emissivity coefficients from H recombination theory, but deviate up to 10% due contamination by He I lines. We report the observed emission lines of various ionization stages of Ne, P, S, Cl, Ar, Fe, and Ni, and show how certain line ratios vary between the five regions. We observe the pure-rotational H$_2$ lines in the vibrational ground state from 0-0 S(1) to 0-0 S(8), and in the first vibrationally excited state from 1-1 S(5) to 1-1 S(9). We derive H$_2$ excitation diagrams, and approximate the excitation with one thermal (~700 K) component representative of an average gas temperature, and one non-thermal component (~2700 K) probing the effect of UV pumping. We compare these results to an existing model for the Orion Bar PDR and highlight the differences with the observations., Comment: 26 pages, 12 figures, 3 tables. Submitted to A&A, under review (1st revision)

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2024
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3. A far-ultraviolet-driven photoevaporation flow observed in a protoplanetary disk

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Berné, Olivier, Habart, Emilie, Peeters, Els, Schroetter, Ilane, Canin, Amélie, Sidhu, Ameek, Chown, Ryan, Bron, Emeric, Haworth, Thomas J., Klaassen, Pamela, Trahin, Boris, Van De Putte, Dries, Alarcón, Felipe, Zannese, Marion, Abergel, Alain, Bergin, Edwin A., Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo, Boersma, Christiaan, Cami, Jan, Cuadrado, Sara, Dartois, Emmanuel, Dicken, Daniel, Elyajouri, Meriem, Fuente, Asunción, Goicoechea, Javier R., Gordon, Karl D., Issa, Lina, Joblin, Christine, Kannavou, Olga, Khan, Baria, Lacinbala, Ozan, Languignon, David, Gal, Romane Le, Maragkoudakis, Alexandros, Meshaka, Raphael, Okada, Yoko, Onaka, Takashi, Pasquini, Sofia, Pound, Marc W., Robberto, Massimo, Röllig, Markus, Schefter, Bethany, Schirmer, Thiébaut, Simmer, Thomas, Tabone, Benoit, Tielens, Alexander G. G. M., Vicente, Sílvia, Wolfire, Mark G., Aleman, Isabel, Allamandola, Louis, Auchettl, Rebecca, Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio, Baruteau, Clément, Bejaoui, Salma, Bera, Partha P., Black, John H., Boulanger, Francois, Bouwman, Jordy, Brandl, Bernhard, Brechignac, Philippe, Brünken, Sandra, Buragohain, Mridusmita, Burkhardt, Andrew, Candian, Alessandra, Cazaux, Stéphanie, Cernicharo, Jose, Chabot, Marin, Chakraborty, Shubhadip, Champion, Jason, Colgan, Sean W. J., Cooke, Ilsa R., Coutens, Audrey, Cox, Nick L. J., Demyk, Karine, Meyer, Jennifer Donovan, Engrand, Cécile, Foschino, Sacha, García-Lario, Pedro, Gavilan, Lisseth, Gerin, Maryvonne, Godard, Marie, Gottlieb, Carl A., Guillard, Pierre, Gusdorf, Antoine, Hartigan, Patrick, He, Jinhua, Herbst, Eric, Hornekaer, Liv, Jäger, Cornelia, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Kaufman, Michael, Kemper, Francisca, Kendrew, Sarah, Kirsanova, Maria S., Knight, Collin, Kwok, Sun, Labiano, Álvaro, Lai, Thomas S. -Y., Lee, Timothy J., Lefloch, Bertrand, Petit, Franck Le, Li, Aigen, Linz, Hendrik, Mackie, Cameron J., Madden, Suzanne C., Mascetti, Joëlle, McGuire, Brett A., Merino, Pablo, Micelotta, Elisabetta R., Morse, Jon A., Mulas, Giacomo, Neelamkodan, Naslim, Ohsawa, Ryou, Paladini, Roberta, Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta, Pathak, Amit, Pendleton, Yvonne J., Petrignani, Annemieke, Pino, Thomas, Puga, Elena, Rangwala, Naseem, Rapacioli, Mathias, Ricca, Alessandra, Roman-Duval, Julia, Roueff, Evelyne, Rouillé, Gaël, Salama, Farid, Sales, Dinalva A., Sandstrom, Karin, Sarre, Peter, Sciamma-O'Brien, Ella, Sellgren, Kris, Shannon, Matthew J., Simonnin, Adrien, Shenoy, Sachindev S., Teyssier, David, Thomas, Richard D., Togi, Aditya, Verstraete, Laurent, Witt, Adolf N., Wootten, Alwyn, Ysard, Nathalie, Zettergren, Henning, Zhang, Yong, Zhang, Ziwei E., and Zhen, Junfeng

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

Most low-mass stars form in stellar clusters that also contain massive stars, which are sources of far-ultraviolet (FUV) radiation. Theoretical models predict that this FUV radiation produces photo-dissociation regions (PDRs) on the surfaces of protoplanetary disks around low-mass stars, impacting planet formation within the disks. We report JWST and Atacama Large Millimetere Array observations of a FUV-irradiated protoplanetary disk in the Orion Nebula. Emission lines are detected from the PDR; modelling their kinematics and excitation allows us to constrain the physical conditions within the gas. We quantify the mass-loss rate induced by the FUV irradiation, finding it is sufficient to remove gas from the disk in less than a million years. This is rapid enough to affect giant planet formation in the disk.

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2024

4. PDRs4All III: JWST's NIR spectroscopic view of the Orion Bar

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Peeters, Els, Habart, Emilie, Berne, Olivier, Sidhu, Ameek, Chown, Ryan, Van De Putte, Dries, Trahin, Boris, Schroetter, Ilane, Canin, Amelie, Alarcon, Felipe, Schefter, Bethany, Khan, Baria, Pasquini, Sofia, Tielens, Alexander G. G. M., Wolfire, Mark G., Dartois, Emmanuel, Goicoechea, Javier R., Maragkoudakis, Alexandros, Onaka, Takashi, Pound, Marc W., Vicente, Silvia, Abergel, Alain, Bergin, Edwin A., Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo, Boersma, Christiaan, Bron, Emeric, Cami, Jan, Cuadrado, Sara, Dicken, Daniel, Elyajour, Meriem, Fuente, Asuncion, Gordon, Karl D., Issa, Lina, Joblin, Christine, Kannavou, Olga, Lacinbala, Ozan, Languignon, David, Gal, Romane Le, Meshaka, Raphael, Okada, Yoko, Robberto, Massimo, Roellig, Markus, Schirmer, Thiebaut, Tabone, Benoit, Zannese, Marion, Aleman, Isabel, Allamandola, Louis, Auchettl, Rebecca, Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio, Bejaoui, Salma, Bera, Partha P., Black, John H., Boulanger, Francois, Bouwman, Jordy, Brandl, Bernhard, Brechignac, Philippe, Brunken, Sandra, Buragohain, Mridusmita, Burkhardt, Andrew, Candian, Alessandra, Cazaux, Stephanie, Cernicharo, Jose, Chabot, Marin, Chakraborty, Shubhadip, Champion, Jason, Colgan, Sean W. J., Cooke, Ilsa R., Coutens, Audrey, Cox, Nick L. J., Demyk, Karine, Meyer, Jennifer Donovan, Foschino, Sacha, Garcia-Lario, Pedro, Gerin, Maryvonne, Gottlieb, Carl A., Guillard, Pierre, Gusdorf, Antoine, Hartigan, Patrick, He, Jinhua, Herbst, Eric, Hornekaer, Liv, Jager, Cornelia, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Kaufman, Michael, Kendrew, Sarah, Kirsanova, Maria S., Klaassen, Pamela, Kwok, Sun, Labiano, Alvaro, Lai, Thomas S. -Y., Lee, Timothy J., Lefloch, Bertrand, Petit, Franck Le, Li, Aigen, Linz, Hendrik, Mackie, Cameron J., Madden, Suzanne C., Mascetti, Joelle, McGuire, Brett A., Merino, Pablo, Micelotta, Elisabetta R., Misselt, Karl, Morse, Jon A., Mulas, Giacomo, Neelamkodan, Naslim, Ohsawa, Ryou, Paladini, Roberta, Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta, Pathak, Amit, Pendleton, Yvonne J., Petrignani, Annemieke, Pino, Thomas, Puga, Elena, Rangwala, Naseem, Rapacioli, Mathias, Ricca, Alessandra, Roman-Duval, Julia, Roser, Joseph, Roueff, Evelyne, Rouille, Gael, Salama, Farid, Sales, Dinalva A., Sandstrom, Karin, Sarre, Peter, Sciamma-O'Brien, Ella, Sellgren, Kris, Shenoy, Sachindev S., Teyssier, David, Thomas, Richard D., Togi, Aditya, Verstraete, Laurent, Witt, Adolf N., Wootten, Alwyn, Ysard, Nathalie, Zettergren, Henning, Zhang, Yong, Zhang, Ziwei E., and Zhen, Junfeng

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

(Abridged) We investigate the impact of radiative feedback from massive stars on their natal cloud and focus on the transition from the HII region to the atomic PDR (crossing the ionisation front (IF)), and the subsequent transition to the molecular PDR (crossing the dissociation front (DF)). We use high-resolution near-IR integral field spectroscopic data from NIRSpec on JWST to observe the Orion Bar PDR as part of the PDRs4All JWST Early Release Science Program. The NIRSpec data reveal a forest of lines including, but not limited to, HeI, HI, and CI recombination lines, ionic lines, OI and NI fluorescence lines, Aromatic Infrared Bands (AIBs including aromatic CH, aliphatic CH, and their CD counterparts), CO2 ice, pure rotational and ro-vibrational lines from H2, and ro-vibrational lines HD, CO, and CH+, most of them detected for the first time towards a PDR. Their spatial distribution resolves the H and He ionisation structure in the Huygens region, gives insight into the geometry of the Bar, and confirms the large-scale stratification of PDRs. We observe numerous smaller scale structures whose typical size decreases with distance from Ori C and IR lines from CI, if solely arising from radiative recombination and cascade, reveal very high gas temperatures consistent with the hot irradiated surface of small-scale dense clumps deep inside the PDR. The H2 lines reveal multiple, prominent filaments which exhibit different characteristics. This leaves the impression of a "terraced" transition from the predominantly atomic surface region to the CO-rich molecular zone deeper in. This study showcases the discovery space created by JWST to further our understanding of the impact radiation from young stars has on their natal molecular cloud and proto-planetary disk, which touches on star- and planet formation as well as galaxy evolution., Comment: 52 pages, 30 figures, submitted to A&A

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2023
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5. PDRs4All II: JWST's NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula

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Habart, Emilie, Peeters, Els, Berné, Olivier, Trahin, Boris, Canin, Amélie, Chown, Ryan, Sidhu, Ameek, Van De Putte, Dries, Alarcón, Felipe, Schroetter, Ilane, Dartois, Emmanuel, Vicente, Sílvia, Abergel, Alain, Bergin, Edwin A., Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo, Boersma, Christiaan, Bron, Emeric, Cami, Jan, Cuadrado, Sara, Dicken, Daniel, Elyajouri, Meriem, Fuente, Asunción, Goicoechea, Javier R., Gordon, Karl D., Issa, Lina, Joblin, Christine, Kannavou, Olga, Khan, Baria, Lacinbala, Ozan, Languignon, David, Gal, Romane Le, Maragkoudakis, Alexandros, Meshaka, Raphael, Okada, Yoko, Onaka, Takashi, Pasquini, Sofia, Pound, Marc W., Robberto, Massimo, Röllig, Markus, Schefter, Bethany, Schirmer, Thiébaut, Tabone, Benoit, Tielens, Alexander G. G. M., Wolfire, Mark G., Zannese, Marion, Ysard, Nathalie, Miville-Deschenes, Marc-Antoine, Aleman, Isabel, Allamandola, Louis, Auchettl, Rebecca, Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio, Bejaoui, Salma, Bera, Partha P., Black, John H., Boulanger, Francois, Bouwman, Jordy, Brandl, Bernhard, Brechignac, Philippe, Brünken, Sandra, Buragohain, Mridusmita, Burkhardt, rew, Candian, Alessandra, Cazaux, Stéphanie, Cernicharo, Jose, Chabot, Marin, Chakraborty, Shubhadip, Champion, Jason, Colgan, Sean W. J., Cooke, Ilsa R., Coutens, Audrey, Cox, Nick L. J., Demyk, Karine, Meyer, Jennifer Donovan, Foschino, Sacha, García-Lario, Pedro, Gavilan, Lisseth, Gerin, Maryvonne, Gottlieb, Carl A., Guillard, Pierre, Gusdorf, Antoine, Hartigan, Patrick, He, Jinhua, Herbst, Eric, Hornekaer, Liv, Jäger, Cornelia, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Kaufman, Michael, Kemper, Francisca, Kendrew, Sarah, Kirsanova, Maria S., Klaassen, Pamela, Kwok, Sun, Labiano, Álvaro, Lai, Thomas S. -Y., Lee, Timothy J., Lefloch, Bertrand, Petit, Franck Le, Li, Aigen, Linz, Hendrik, Mackie, Cameron J., Madden, Suzanne C., Mascetti, Joëlle, McGuire, Brett A., Merino, Pablo, Micelotta, Elisabetta R., Misselt, Karl, Morse, Jon A., Mulas, Giacomo, Neelamkodan, Naslim, Ohsawa, Ryou, Omont, Alain, Paladini, Roberta, Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta, Pathak, Amit, Pendleton, Yvonne J., Petrignani, Annemieke, Pino, Thomas, Puga, Elena, Rangwala, Naseem, Rapacioli, Mathias, Ricca, Alessandra, Roman-Duval, Julia, Roser, Joseph, Roueff, Evelyne, Rouillé, Gaël, Salama, Farid, Sales, Dinalva A., Sandstrom, Karin, Sarre, Peter, Sciamma-O'Brien, Ella, Sellgren, Kris, Shenoy, Sachindev S., Teyssier, David, Thomas, Richard D., Togi, Aditya, Verstraete, Laurent, Witt, Adolf N., Wootten, Alwyn, Zettergren, Henning, Zhang, Yong, Zhang, Ziwei E., and Zhen, Junfeng

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Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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The JWST has captured the most detailed and sharpest infrared images ever taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula, the nearest massive star formation region, and a prototypical highly irradiated dense photo-dissociation region (PDR). We investigate the fundamental interaction of far-ultraviolet photons with molecular clouds. The transitions across the ionization front (IF), dissociation front (DF), and the molecular cloud are studied at high-angular resolution. These transitions are relevant to understanding the effects of radiative feedback from massive stars and the dominant physical and chemical processes that lead to the IR emission that JWST will detect in many Galactic and extragalactic environments. Due to the proximity of the Orion Nebula and the unprecedented angular resolution of JWST, these data reveal that the molecular cloud borders are hyper structured at small angular scales of 0.1-1" (0.0002-0.002 pc or 40-400 au at 414 pc). A diverse set of features are observed such as ridges, waves, globules and photoevaporated protoplanetary disks. At the PDR atomic to molecular transition, several bright features are detected that are associated with the highly irradiated surroundings of the dense molecular condensations and embedded young star. Toward the Orion Bar PDR, a highly sculpted interface is detected with sharp edges and density increases near the IF and DF. This was predicted by previous modeling studies, but the fronts were unresolved in most tracers. A complex, structured, and folded DF surface was traced by the H2 lines. This dataset was used to revisit the commonly adopted 2D PDR structure of the Orion Bar. JWST provides us with a complete view of the PDR, all the way from the PDR edge to the substructured dense region, and this allowed us to determine, in detail, where the emission of the atomic and molecular lines, aromatic bands, and dust originate.

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2023
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6. PDRs4All IV. An embarrassment of riches: Aromatic infrared bands in the Orion Bar

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Chown, Ryan, Sidhu, Ameek, Peeters, Els, Tielens, Alexander G. G. M., Cami, Jan, Berné, Olivier, Habart, Emilie, Alarcón, Felipe, Canin, Amélie, Schroetter, Ilane, Trahin, Boris, Van De Putte, Dries, Abergel, Alain, Bergin, Edwin A., Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo, Boersma, Christiaan, Bron, Emeric, Cuadrado, Sara, Dartois, Emmanuel, Dicken, Daniel, El-Yajouri, Meriem, Fuente, Asunción, Goicoechea, Javier R., Gordon, Karl D., Issa, Lina, Joblin, Christine, Kannavou, Olga, Khan, Baria, Lacinbala, Ozan, Languignon, David, Gal, Romane Le, Maragkoudakis, Alexandros, Meshaka, Raphael, Okada, Yoko, Onaka, Takashi, Pasquini, Sofia, Pound, Marc W., Robberto, Massimo, Röllig, Markus, Schefter, Bethany, Schirmer, Thiébaut, Vicente, Sílvia, Wolfire, Mark G., Zannese, Marion, Aleman, Isabel, Allamandola, Louis, Auchettl, Rebecca, Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio, Bejaoui, Salma, Bera, Partha P., Black, John H., Boulanger, Francois, Bouwman, Jordy, Brandl, Bernhard, Brechignac, Philippe, Brünken, Sandra, Buragohain, Mridusmita, Burkhardt, Andrew, Candian, Alessandra, Cazaux, Stéphanie, Cernicharo, Jose, Chabot, Marin, Chakraborty, Shubhadip, Champion, Jason, Colgan, Sean W. J., Cooke, Ilsa R., Coutens, Audrey, Cox, Nick L. J., Demyk, Karine, Meyer, Jennifer Donovan, Foschino, Sacha, García-Lario, Pedro, Gavilan, Lisseth, Gerin, Maryvonne, Gottlieb, Carl A., Guillard, Pierre, Gusdorf, Antoine, Hartigan, Patrick, He, Jinhua, Herbst, Eric, Hornekaer, Liv, Jäger, Cornelia, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Kaufman, Michael, Kemper, Francisca, Kendrew, Sarah, Kirsanova, Maria S., Klaassen, Pamela, Kwok, Sun, Labiano, Álvaro, Lai, Thomas S. -Y., Lee, Timothy J., Lefloch, Bertrand, Petit, Franck Le, Li, Aigen, Linz, Hendrik, Mackie, Cameron J., Madden, Suzanne C., Mascetti, Joëlle, McGuire, Brett A., Merino, Pablo, Micelotta, Elisabetta R., Misselt, Karl, Morse, Jon A., Mulas, Giacomo, Neelamkodan, Naslim, Ohsawa, Ryou, Omont, Alain, Paladini, Roberta, Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta, Pathak, Amit, Pendleton, Yvonne J., Petrignani, Annemieke, Pino, Thomas, Puga, Elena, Rangwala, Naseem, Rapacioli, Mathias, Ricca, Alessandra, Roman-Duval, Julia, Roser, Joseph, Roueff, Evelyne, Rouillé, Gaël, Salama, Farid, Sales, Dinalva A., Sandstrom, Karin, Sarre, Peter, Sciamma-O'Brien, Ella, Sellgren, Kris, Shenoy, Sachindev S., Teyssier, David, Thomas, Richard D., Togi, Aditya, Verstraete, Laurent, Witt, Adolf N., Wootten, Alwyn, Zettergren, Henning, Zhang, Yong, Zhang, Ziwei E., and Zhen, Junfeng

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Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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(Abridged) Mid-infrared observations of photodissociation regions (PDRs) are dominated by strong emission features called aromatic infrared bands (AIBs). The most prominent AIBs are found at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, and 11.2 $\mu$m. The most sensitive, highest-resolution infrared spectral imaging data ever taken of the prototypical PDR, the Orion Bar, have been captured by JWST. We provide an inventory of the AIBs found in the Orion Bar, along with mid-IR template spectra from five distinct regions in the Bar: the molecular PDR, the atomic PDR, and the HII region. We use JWST NIRSpec IFU and MIRI MRS observations of the Orion Bar from the JWST Early Release Science Program, PDRs4All (ID: 1288). We extract five template spectra to represent the morphology and environment of the Orion Bar PDR. The superb sensitivity and the spectral and spatial resolution of these JWST observations reveal many details of the AIB emission and enable an improved characterization of their detailed profile shapes and sub-components. While the spectra are dominated by the well-known AIBs at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.2, and 12.7 $\mu$m, a wealth of weaker features and sub-components are present. We report trends in the widths and relative strengths of AIBs across the five template spectra. These trends yield valuable insight into the photochemical evolution of PAHs, such as the evolution responsible for the shift of 11.2 $\mu$m AIB emission from class B$_{11.2}$ in the molecular PDR to class A$_{11.2}$ in the PDR surface layers. This photochemical evolution is driven by the increased importance of FUV processing in the PDR surface layers, resulting in a "weeding out" of the weakest links of the PAH family in these layers. For now, these JWST observations are consistent with a model in which the underlying PAH family is composed of a few species: the so-called 'grandPAHs'., Comment: 25 pages, 10 figures, to appear in A&A

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2023
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7. Exploring refractory organics in extraterrestrial particles

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Potapov, Alexey, Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta, Dionnet, Zelia, Longobardo, Andrea, Jäger, Cornelia, Baratta, Giuseppe, Rotundi, Alessandra, and Henning, Thomas

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

The origin of organic compounds detected in meteorites and comets, some of which could serve as precursors of life on Earth, still remains an open question. The aim of the present study is to make one more step in revealing the nature and composition of organic materials of extraterrestrial particles by comparing infrared spectra of laboratory-made refractory organic residues to the spectra of cometary particles returned by the Stardust mission, interplanetary dust particles, and meteorites. Our results reinforce the idea of a pathway for the formation of refractory organics through energetic and thermal processing of molecular ices in the solar nebula. There is also the possibility that some of the organic material formed already in the parental molecular cloud before it entered the solar nebula. The majority of the IR "organic" bands of the studied extraterrestrial particles can be reproduced in the spectra of the laboratory organic residues. We confirm the detection of water, nitriles, hydrocarbons, and carbonates in extraterrestrial particles and link it to the formation location of the particles in the outer regions of the solar nebula. To clarify the genesis of the species, high-sensitivity observations in combination with laboratory measurements like those presented in this paper are needed. Thus, this study presents one more piece of the puzzle of the origin of water and organic compounds on Earth and motivation for future collaborative laboratory and observational projects., Comment: accepted for publication in ApJ

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2022
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8. PDRs4All: A JWST Early Release Science Program on radiative feedback from massive stars

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Berné, Olivier, Habart, Émilie, Peeters, Els, Abergel, Alain, Bergin, Edwin A., Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo, Bron, Emeric, Cami, Jan, Cazaux, Stéphanie, Dartois, Emmanuel, Fuente, Asunción, Goicoechea, Javier R., Gordon, Karl D., Okada, Yoko, Onaka, Takashi, Robberto, Massimo, Röllig, Markus, Tielens, Alexander G. G. M., Vicente, Silvia, Wolfire, Mark G., Alarcon, Felipe, Boersma, C., Canin, Ameélie, Chown, Ryan, Dicken, Daniel, Languignon, David, Gal, Romane Le, Pound, Marc W., Trahin, Boris, Simmer, Thomas, Sidhu, Ameek, Van De Putte, Dries, Cuadrado, Sara, Guilloteau, Claire, Maragkoudakis, Alexandros, Schefter, Bethany R., Schirmer, Thiébaut, Aleman, Isabel, Allamandola, Louis, Auchettl, Rebecca, Baratta, Giuseppe Antonio, Bejaoui, Salma, Bera, Partha P., Bilalbegovic, Goranka, Black, John H., Boulanger, Francois, Bouwman, Jordy, Brandl, Bernhard, Brechignac, Philippe, Brunken, Sandra, Burkhardt, Andrew, Candian, Alessandra, Cernicharo, Jose, Chabot, Marin, Chakraborty, Shubhadip, Champion, Jason, Colgan, Sean W. J., Cooke, Ilsa R., Coutens, Audrey, Cox, Nick L. J., Demyk, Karine, Meyer, Jennifer Donovan, Engrand, Cécile, Foschino, Sacha, Garcıa-Lario, Pedro, Gavilan, Lisseth, Gerin, Maryvonne, Godard, Marie, Gottlieb, Carl A., Guillard, Pierre, Gusdorf, Antoine, Hartigan, Patrick, He, Jinhua, Herbst, Eric, Hornekaer, Liv, Jaeger, Cornelia, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Joblin, Christine, Kaufman, Michael, Kemper, Francisca, Kendrew, Sarah, Kirsanova, Maria S., Klaassen, Pamela, Knight, Collin, Kwok, Sun, Labiano, Alvaro, Lai, Thomas S. -Y., Lee, Timothy J., Lefloch, Bertrand, Petit, Franck Le, Li, Aigen, Linz, Hendrik, Mackie, Cameron J., Madden, Suzanne C., Mascetti, Joelle, McGuire, Brett A., Merino, Pablo, Micelotta, Elisabetta R., Misselt, Karl, Morse, Jon A., Mulas, Giacomo, Neelamkodan, Naslim, Ohsawa, Ryou, Omont, Alain, Paladini, Roberta, Palumbo, Maria Elisabetta, Pathak, Amit, Pendleton, Yvonne J., Petrignani, Annemieke, Pino, Thomas, Puga, Elena, Rangwala, Naseem, Rapacioli, Mathias, Ricca, Alessandra, Roman-Duval, Julia, Roser, Joseph, Roueff, Evelyne, Rouille, Gael, Salama, Farid, Sales, Dinalva A., Sandstrom, Karin, Sarre, Peter, Sciamma-O'Brien, Ella, Sellgren, Kris, Shannon, Matthew J., Shenoy, Sachindev S., Teyssier, David, Thomas, Richard D., Togi, Aditya, Verstraete, Laurent, Witt, Adolf N., Wootten, Alwyn, Ysard, Nathalie, Zettergren, Henning, Zhang, Yong, Zhang, Ziwei E., and Zhen, Junfeng

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Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

Massive stars disrupt their natal molecular cloud material through radiative and mechanical feedback processes. These processes have profound effects on the evolution of interstellar matter in our Galaxy and throughout the Universe, from the era of vigorous star formation at redshifts of 1-3 to the present day. The dominant feedback processes can be probed by observations of the Photo-Dissociation Regions (PDRs) where the far-ultraviolet photons of massive stars create warm regions of gas and dust in the neutral atomic and molecular gas. PDR emission provides a unique tool to study in detail the physical and chemical processes that are relevant for most of the mass in inter- and circumstellar media including diffuse clouds, proto-planetary disks and molecular cloud surfaces, globules, planetary nebulae, and star-forming regions. PDR emission dominates the infrared (IR) spectra of star-forming galaxies. Most of the Galactic and extragalactic observations obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will therefore arise in PDR emission. In this paper we present an Early Release Science program using the MIRI, NIRSpec, and NIRCam instruments dedicated to the observations of an emblematic and nearby PDR: the Orion Bar. These early JWST observations will provide template datasets designed to identify key PDR characteristics in JWST observations. These data will serve to benchmark PDR models and extend them into the JWST era. We also present the Science-Enabling products that we will provide to the community. These template datasets and Science-Enabling products will guide the preparation of future proposals on star-forming regions in our Galaxy and beyond and will facilitate data analysis and interpretation of forthcoming JWST observations., Comment: Submitted to PASP

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2022
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9. Organics Captured from Comet Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft

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Sandford, Scott A, Aleon, Jerome, Araki, Tohru, Bajt, Sasa, Baratta, Giuseppe A, Borg, Janet, Brucato, John R, Burchell, Mark J, Busemann, Henner, Butterworth, Anna, Clemett, Simon J, Cody, George, Colangeli, Luigi, Cooper, George, D'Hendecourt, Louis, Djouadi, Zahia, Dworkin, Jason P, Ferrini, Gianluca, Fleckenstein, Holger, Flynn, George J, Franchi, Ian A, Fries, Mark, Gilles, Mary K, Glavin, Daniel P, and Gounelle, Matthieu

Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract

Organics found in Comet Wild 2 samples show a heterogeneous and unequilibrated distribution in abundance and composition. Some are similar, but not identical, to those in interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) and carbonaceous meteorites. A new class of aromatic-poor organic material is also present. The organics are rich in O and N compared to meteoritic organics. Aromatic compounds are present, but the samples tend to be relatively poorer in aromatics than meteorites and IDPs. D and 15N suggest that some organics have an interstellar/protostellar heritage. While the variable extent of modification of these materials by impact capture is not yet fully constrained, a remarkably diverse suite of organic compounds is present and identifiable within the returned samples.

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2007

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