Relationships between PAHs, Small Dust Grains, H$_2$, and HI in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies NGC 6822 and WLM Using JWST, ALMA, and the VLA
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| author | Chown, Ryan Leroy, Adam K. Bolatto, Alberto D. Chastenet, Jérémy Glover, Simon C. O. Indebetouw, Remy Koch, Eric W. Meyer, Jennifer Donovan Pingel, Nickolas M. Rosolowsky, Erik Sandstrom, Karin Sutter, Jessica Tarantino, Elizabeth Bigiel, Frank Boquien, Médéric Chiang, I-Da Dale, Daniel A. Dalcanton, Julianne J. Egorov, Oleg V. Eibensteiner, Cosima Grasha, Kathryn Hassani, Hamid He, Hao Kim, Jaeyeon Meidt, Sharon Pathak, Debosmita Sarbadhicary, Sumit K. Stanimirovic, Snezana Villanueva, Vicente Williams, Thomas G. |
| author_facet | Chown, Ryan Leroy, Adam K. Bolatto, Alberto D. Chastenet, Jérémy Glover, Simon C. O. Indebetouw, Remy Koch, Eric W. Meyer, Jennifer Donovan Pingel, Nickolas M. Rosolowsky, Erik Sandstrom, Karin Sutter, Jessica Tarantino, Elizabeth Bigiel, Frank Boquien, Médéric Chiang, I-Da Dale, Daniel A. Dalcanton, Julianne J. Egorov, Oleg V. Eibensteiner, Cosima Grasha, Kathryn Hassani, Hamid He, Hao Kim, Jaeyeon Meidt, Sharon Pathak, Debosmita Sarbadhicary, Sumit K. Stanimirovic, Snezana Villanueva, Vicente Williams, Thomas G. |
| contents | We present 0.7-3.3 pc resolution mid-infrared (MIR) JWST images at 7.7 $μ$m (F770W) and 21 $μ$m (F2100W) covering the main star-forming regions of two of the closest star-forming low-metallicity dwarf galaxies, NGC6822 and Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM). The images of NGC6822 reveal filaments, edge-brightened bubbles, diffuse emission, and a plethora of point sources. By contrast, most of the MIR emission in WLM is point-like, with a small amount of extended emission. Compared to solar metallicity galaxies, the ratio of 7.7 $μ$m intensity ($I_ν^{F770W}$), tracing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), to 21 $μ$m intensity ($I_ν^{F2100W}$), tracing small, warm dust grain emission, is suppressed in these low-metallicity dwarfs. Using ALMA CO(2-1) observations, we find that detected CO intensity versus $I_ν^{F770W}$ at ~2 pc resolution in dwarfs follows a similar relationship to that at solar metallicity and lower resolution, while the CO versus $I_ν^{F2100W}$ relationship in dwarfs lies significantly below that derived from solar metallicity galaxies at lower resolution, suggesting more pronounced destruction of CO molecules at low metallicity. Finally, adding in Local Group L-Band Survey VLA 21 cm HI observations, we find that $I_ν^{F2100W}$ and $I_ν^{F770W}$ vs. total gas ratios are suppressed in NGC6822 and WLM compared to solar metallicity galaxies. In agreement with dust models, the level of suppression appears to be at least partly accounted for by the reduced galaxy-averaged dust-to-gas and PAH-to-dust mass ratios in the dwarfs. Remaining differences are likely due to spatial variations in dust model parameters, which should be an exciting direction for future work in local dwarf galaxies. |
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| spellingShingle | Relationships between PAHs, Small Dust Grains, H$_2$, and HI in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies NGC 6822 and WLM Using JWST, ALMA, and the VLA Chown, Ryan Leroy, Adam K. Bolatto, Alberto D. Chastenet, Jérémy Glover, Simon C. O. Indebetouw, Remy Koch, Eric W. Meyer, Jennifer Donovan Pingel, Nickolas M. Rosolowsky, Erik Sandstrom, Karin Sutter, Jessica Tarantino, Elizabeth Bigiel, Frank Boquien, Médéric Chiang, I-Da Dale, Daniel A. Dalcanton, Julianne J. Egorov, Oleg V. Eibensteiner, Cosima Grasha, Kathryn Hassani, Hamid He, Hao Kim, Jaeyeon Meidt, Sharon Pathak, Debosmita Sarbadhicary, Sumit K. Stanimirovic, Snezana Villanueva, Vicente Williams, Thomas G. Astrophysics of Galaxies We present 0.7-3.3 pc resolution mid-infrared (MIR) JWST images at 7.7 $μ$m (F770W) and 21 $μ$m (F2100W) covering the main star-forming regions of two of the closest star-forming low-metallicity dwarf galaxies, NGC6822 and Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM). The images of NGC6822 reveal filaments, edge-brightened bubbles, diffuse emission, and a plethora of point sources. By contrast, most of the MIR emission in WLM is point-like, with a small amount of extended emission. Compared to solar metallicity galaxies, the ratio of 7.7 $μ$m intensity ($I_ν^{F770W}$), tracing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), to 21 $μ$m intensity ($I_ν^{F2100W}$), tracing small, warm dust grain emission, is suppressed in these low-metallicity dwarfs. Using ALMA CO(2-1) observations, we find that detected CO intensity versus $I_ν^{F770W}$ at ~2 pc resolution in dwarfs follows a similar relationship to that at solar metallicity and lower resolution, while the CO versus $I_ν^{F2100W}$ relationship in dwarfs lies significantly below that derived from solar metallicity galaxies at lower resolution, suggesting more pronounced destruction of CO molecules at low metallicity. Finally, adding in Local Group L-Band Survey VLA 21 cm HI observations, we find that $I_ν^{F2100W}$ and $I_ν^{F770W}$ vs. total gas ratios are suppressed in NGC6822 and WLM compared to solar metallicity galaxies. In agreement with dust models, the level of suppression appears to be at least partly accounted for by the reduced galaxy-averaged dust-to-gas and PAH-to-dust mass ratios in the dwarfs. Remaining differences are likely due to spatial variations in dust model parameters, which should be an exciting direction for future work in local dwarf galaxies. |
| title | Relationships between PAHs, Small Dust Grains, H$_2$, and HI in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies NGC 6822 and WLM Using JWST, ALMA, and the VLA |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.08069 |