New JWST observations of Centaurus A detect H2 lines up to S(8) and map a warm molecular disk with a 20-pc cavity aligned to the jet, filamentary high-excitation structures, S-shaped kinematics, and an inward streamer, yielding a warm H2 mass of 5.6e5 solar masses heated by shocks.
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Spatially resolved JWST spectroscopy of M82 reveals an average ortho-to-para H2 ratio half the equilibrium value, attributed to short cloud mixing timescales relative to spin conversion and recent rapid heating.
JWST observations resolve multiphase nuclear and kpc-scale outflows with velocities up to 520 km/s and PAH property gradients in the AGN-starburst composite ULIRG F10565+2448.
JWST spectroscopy reveals radio jets in nearby AGN drive multiphase ISM turbulence and shock-dominated H2 excitation both along and perpendicular to the jet direction.
ALMA maps reveal offset compact CO clouds with subthermal excitation in Mrk 996, yielding a molecular gas mass of a few 10^7 solar masses and evidence for a substantial CO-dark H2 component.
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MICONIC: The multiphase circumnuclear region of Centaurus A as seen with JWST/MIRI MRS observations. I. Spectral inventory and properties of the warm molecular disk
New JWST observations of Centaurus A detect H2 lines up to S(8) and map a warm molecular disk with a 20-pc cavity aligned to the jet, filamentary high-excitation structures, S-shaped kinematics, and an inward streamer, yielding a warm H2 mass of 5.6e5 solar masses heated by shocks.
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JWST Observations of Starbursts: Molecular Hydrogen Excitation and Disequilibrium in M82
Spatially resolved JWST spectroscopy of M82 reveals an average ortho-to-para H2 ratio half the equilibrium value, attributed to short cloud mixing timescales relative to spin conversion and recent rapid heating.
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Resolving the Multiphase Outflow, Shock Signatures, and PAHs in the AGN-Starburst Composite ULIRG F10565+2448 with JWST MIRI/MRS
JWST observations resolve multiphase nuclear and kpc-scale outflows with velocities up to 520 km/s and PAH property gradients in the AGN-starburst composite ULIRG F10565+2448.
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Jet-driven shocks and turbulence in radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei observed with JWST MIRI/MRS
JWST spectroscopy reveals radio jets in nearby AGN drive multiphase ISM turbulence and shock-dominated H2 excitation both along and perpendicular to the jet direction.
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Cold molecular gas distribution and kinematics in the low-metallicity dusty starburst of Mrk 996 resolved with ALMA
ALMA maps reveal offset compact CO clouds with subthermal excitation in Mrk 996, yielding a molecular gas mass of a few 10^7 solar masses and evidence for a substantial CO-dark H2 component.