PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628

Barnes, AT; Watkins, EJ; Meidt, SE; Kreckel, K; Sormani, MC; Treß, RG; Glover, SCO; Bigiel, F; Chandar, R; Emsellem, E; Lee, JC; Leroy, AK; Sandstrom, KM; Schinnerer, E; Rosolowsky, E; Belfiore, F; Blanc, GA; Boquien, M; Brok, JD; Cao, Y; Chevance, M; Dale, DA; Egorov, OV; Eibensteiner, C; Grasha, K; Groves, B; Hassani, H; Henshaw, JD; Jeffreson, S; Jiménez-Donaire, MJ; Keller, BW; Klessen, RS; Koch, EW; Kruijssen, JMD; Larson, KL; Li, J; Liu, D; Lopez, LA; Murphy, EJ; Neumann, L; Pety, J; Pinna, F; Querejeta, M; Renaud, F; Saito, T; Sarbadhicary, SK; Sardone, A; Smith, RJ; Stuber, SK; Sun, J; Thilker, DA; Usero, A; Whitmore, BC; Williams, TG

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PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628

Abstract:: Abstract We present a high-resolution view of bubbles within the Phantom Galaxy (NGC 628), a nearby (∼10 Mpc), star-forming (∼2 M ⊙ yr −1 ), face-on ( i ∼ 9°) grand-design spiral galaxy. With new data obtained as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS)-JWST treasury program, we perform a detailed case study of two regions of interest, one of which contains the largest and most prominent bubble in the galaxy (the Phantom Void, over 1 kpc in diameter), and the other being a smaller region that may be the precursor to such a large bubble (the Precursor Phantom Void). When comparing to matched-resolution H α observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, we see that the ionized gas is brightest in the shells of both bubbles, and is coincident with the youngest (∼1 Myr) and most massive (∼10 5 M ⊙ ) stellar associations. We also find an older generation (∼20 Myr) of stellar associations is present within the bubble of the Phantom Void. From our kinematic analysis of the H I , H 2 (CO), and H ii gas across the Phantom Void, we infer a high expansion speed of around 15 to 50 km s −1 . The large size and high expansion speed of the Phantom Void suggest that the driving mechanism is sustained stellar feedback due to multiple mechanisms, where early feedback first cleared a bubble (as we observe now in the Precursor Phantom Void), and since then supernovae have been exploding within the cavity and have accelerated the shell. Finally, comparison to simulations shows a striking resemblance to our JWST observations, and suggests that such large-scale, stellar-feedback-driven bubbles should be common within other galaxies.

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Barnes, A. T., Watkins, E. J., Meidt, S. E., Kreckel, K., Sormani, M. C., Treß, R. G., Glover, S. C. O., Bigiel, F., Chandar, R., Emsellem, E., Lee, J. C., Leroy, A. K., Sandstrom, K. M., Schinnerer, E., Rosolowsky, E., Belfiore, F., Blanc, G. A., Boquien, M., Brok, J. D., … Williams, T. G. (2023). PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 944(2), L22–L22.

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Barnes, AT, et al. “PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-Driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 944, no. 2, 2023, pp. L22–L22.

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Barnes, AT, EJ Watkins, SE Meidt, et al. 2023. “PHANGS–JWST First Results: Multiwavelength View of Feedback-Driven Bubbles (the Phantom Voids) across NGC 628.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters 944 (2): L22–L22.
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