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| author | Reefe, Michael McDonald, Michael Chatzikos, Marios Seebeck, Jerome Mushotzky, Richard Veilleux, Sylvain Allen, Steven Bayliss, Matthew Calzadilla, Michael Canning, Rebecca Donahue, Megan Floyd, Benjamin Gaspari, Massimo Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie McNamara, Brian Russell, Helen Sarkar, Arnab Sharon, Keren Somboonpanyakul, Taweewat |
| author_facet | Reefe, Michael McDonald, Michael Chatzikos, Marios Seebeck, Jerome Mushotzky, Richard Veilleux, Sylvain Allen, Steven Bayliss, Matthew Calzadilla, Michael Canning, Rebecca Donahue, Megan Floyd, Benjamin Gaspari, Massimo Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie McNamara, Brian Russell, Helen Sarkar, Arnab Sharon, Keren Somboonpanyakul, Taweewat |
| contents | We present integral field unit observations of the Phoenix Cluster with the JWST Mid-infrared Instrument's Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MIRI/MRS). We focus this study on the molecular gas, dust, and star formation in the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG). We use precise spectral modeling to produce maps of the silicate dust, molecular gas, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the inner $\sim$50 kpc of the cluster. We measure the optical depth from silicates by comparing the observed H$_2$ line ratios to those predicted by excitation models. We provide updated measurements of the total molecular gas mass of $1.9^{+0.5}_{-0.4} \times 10^{10}$ $M_{\odot}$ which agrees with CO-based estimates, providing an estimate of the CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factor of $α_{\rm CO} = 0.8 \pm 0.2\,M_{\odot}\,{\rm pc}^{-2}\,({\rm K}\,{\rm km}\,{\rm s}^{-1})^{-1}$; an updated stellar mass of $M_* = 2.6 \pm 0.5 \times 10^{10}$ $M_\odot$; and star formation rates averaged over 10 and 100 Myr of $\langle{\rm SFR}\rangle_{\rm 10} = 1340 \pm 100$ $M_\odot\,{\rm yr}^{-1}$, and $\langle{\rm SFR}\rangle_{\rm 100} = 740 \pm 80$ $M_\odot\,{\rm yr}^{-1}$, respectively. The H$_2$ emission seems to be powered predominantly by shocks and star formation within the central $\sim 20$ kpc, induced by stellar feedback and radio jets from the active galactic nucleus. Additionally, we find nearly an order of magnitude drop in the star formation rates estimated by PAH fluxes in cool core BCGs compared to field galaxies, suggesting that hot particles from the intracluster medium are destroying PAH grains even in the centralmost 10s of kpc. |
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| spellingShingle | Cold Gas and Star Formation in the Phoenix Cluster with JWST Reefe, Michael McDonald, Michael Chatzikos, Marios Seebeck, Jerome Mushotzky, Richard Veilleux, Sylvain Allen, Steven Bayliss, Matthew Calzadilla, Michael Canning, Rebecca Donahue, Megan Floyd, Benjamin Gaspari, Massimo Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie McNamara, Brian Russell, Helen Sarkar, Arnab Sharon, Keren Somboonpanyakul, Taweewat Astrophysics of Galaxies We present integral field unit observations of the Phoenix Cluster with the JWST Mid-infrared Instrument's Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MIRI/MRS). We focus this study on the molecular gas, dust, and star formation in the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG). We use precise spectral modeling to produce maps of the silicate dust, molecular gas, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the inner $\sim$50 kpc of the cluster. We measure the optical depth from silicates by comparing the observed H$_2$ line ratios to those predicted by excitation models. We provide updated measurements of the total molecular gas mass of $1.9^{+0.5}_{-0.4} \times 10^{10}$ $M_{\odot}$ which agrees with CO-based estimates, providing an estimate of the CO-to-H$_2$ conversion factor of $α_{\rm CO} = 0.8 \pm 0.2\,M_{\odot}\,{\rm pc}^{-2}\,({\rm K}\,{\rm km}\,{\rm s}^{-1})^{-1}$; an updated stellar mass of $M_* = 2.6 \pm 0.5 \times 10^{10}$ $M_\odot$; and star formation rates averaged over 10 and 100 Myr of $\langle{\rm SFR}\rangle_{\rm 10} = 1340 \pm 100$ $M_\odot\,{\rm yr}^{-1}$, and $\langle{\rm SFR}\rangle_{\rm 100} = 740 \pm 80$ $M_\odot\,{\rm yr}^{-1}$, respectively. The H$_2$ emission seems to be powered predominantly by shocks and star formation within the central $\sim 20$ kpc, induced by stellar feedback and radio jets from the active galactic nucleus. Additionally, we find nearly an order of magnitude drop in the star formation rates estimated by PAH fluxes in cool core BCGs compared to field galaxies, suggesting that hot particles from the intracluster medium are destroying PAH grains even in the centralmost 10s of kpc. |
| title | Cold Gas and Star Formation in the Phoenix Cluster with JWST |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.08527 |