The Fraction of Dust Mass in the Form of PAHs on 10-50 pc Scales in Nearby Galaxies
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| author | Sutter, Jessica Sandstrom, Karin Chastenet, Jérémy Leroy, Adam K. Koch, Eric W. Williams, Thomas G. Chown, Ryan Belfiore, Francesco Bigiel, Frank Boquien, Médéric Cao, Yixian Chevance, Mélanie Dale, Daniel A. Egorov, Oleg V. Glover, Simon C. O. Groves, Brent Klessen, Ralf S. Kreckel, Kathryn Larson, Kirsten L. Oakes, Elias K. Pathak, Debosmita Ramambason, Lise Rosolowsky, Erik Watkins, Elizabeth J. |
| author_facet | Sutter, Jessica Sandstrom, Karin Chastenet, Jérémy Leroy, Adam K. Koch, Eric W. Williams, Thomas G. Chown, Ryan Belfiore, Francesco Bigiel, Frank Boquien, Médéric Cao, Yixian Chevance, Mélanie Dale, Daniel A. Egorov, Oleg V. Glover, Simon C. O. Groves, Brent Klessen, Ralf S. Kreckel, Kathryn Larson, Kirsten L. Oakes, Elias K. Pathak, Debosmita Ramambason, Lise Rosolowsky, Erik Watkins, Elizabeth J. |
| contents | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a ubiquitous component of the interstellar medium (ISM) in z~0 massive, star-forming galaxies and play key roles in ISM energy balance, chemistry, and shielding. Wide field of view, high resolution mid-infrared (MIR) images from JWST provides the ability to map the fraction of dust in the form of PAHs and the properties of these key dust grains at 10-50 pc resolution in galaxies outside the Local Group. We use MIR JWST photometric observations of a sample of 19 nearby galaxies from the "Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby GalaxieS" (PHANGS) survey to investigate the variations of the PAH fraction. By comparison to lower resolution far-IR mapping, we show that a combination of the MIRI filters (R$_{\rm{PAH}}$ = [F770W+F1130W]/F2100W) traces the fraction of dust by mass in the form of PAHs (i.e., the PAH fraction, or q$_{\rm{PAH}}$). Mapping R$_{\rm{PAH}}$ across the 19 PHANGS galaxies, we find that the PAH fraction steeply decreases in HII regions, revealing the destruction of these small grains in regions of ionized gas. Outside HII regions, we find R$_{\rm{PAH}}$ is constant across the PHANGS sample with an average value of 3.43$\pm$0.98, which, for an illuminating radiation field of intensity 2-5 times that of the radiation field in the solar neighborhood, corresponds to q$_{\rm{PAH}}$ values of 3-6%. |
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| spellingShingle | The Fraction of Dust Mass in the Form of PAHs on 10-50 pc Scales in Nearby Galaxies Sutter, Jessica Sandstrom, Karin Chastenet, Jérémy Leroy, Adam K. Koch, Eric W. Williams, Thomas G. Chown, Ryan Belfiore, Francesco Bigiel, Frank Boquien, Médéric Cao, Yixian Chevance, Mélanie Dale, Daniel A. Egorov, Oleg V. Glover, Simon C. O. Groves, Brent Klessen, Ralf S. Kreckel, Kathryn Larson, Kirsten L. Oakes, Elias K. Pathak, Debosmita Ramambason, Lise Rosolowsky, Erik Watkins, Elizabeth J. Astrophysics of Galaxies Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a ubiquitous component of the interstellar medium (ISM) in z~0 massive, star-forming galaxies and play key roles in ISM energy balance, chemistry, and shielding. Wide field of view, high resolution mid-infrared (MIR) images from JWST provides the ability to map the fraction of dust in the form of PAHs and the properties of these key dust grains at 10-50 pc resolution in galaxies outside the Local Group. We use MIR JWST photometric observations of a sample of 19 nearby galaxies from the "Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby GalaxieS" (PHANGS) survey to investigate the variations of the PAH fraction. By comparison to lower resolution far-IR mapping, we show that a combination of the MIRI filters (R$_{\rm{PAH}}$ = [F770W+F1130W]/F2100W) traces the fraction of dust by mass in the form of PAHs (i.e., the PAH fraction, or q$_{\rm{PAH}}$). Mapping R$_{\rm{PAH}}$ across the 19 PHANGS galaxies, we find that the PAH fraction steeply decreases in HII regions, revealing the destruction of these small grains in regions of ionized gas. Outside HII regions, we find R$_{\rm{PAH}}$ is constant across the PHANGS sample with an average value of 3.43$\pm$0.98, which, for an illuminating radiation field of intensity 2-5 times that of the radiation field in the solar neighborhood, corresponds to q$_{\rm{PAH}}$ values of 3-6%. |
| title | The Fraction of Dust Mass in the Form of PAHs on 10-50 pc Scales in Nearby Galaxies |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15102 |