Calibrating mid-infrared emission as a tracer of obscured star formation on H II-region scales in the era of JWST

Measurements of the star formation activity on cloud scales are fundamental to uncovering the physics of the molecular cloud, star formation, and stellar feedback cycle in galaxies. Infrared (IR) emission from small dust grains and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is widely used to trace the...

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Main Authors: Belfiore, Francesco (Author) , Leroy, Adam K. (Author) , Williams, Thomas G. (Author) , Barnes, Ashley T. (Author) , Bigiel, Frank (Author) , Boquien, Médéric (Author) , Cao, Yixian (Author) , Chastenet, Jérémy (Author) , Congiu, Enrico (Author) , Dale, Daniel A. (Author) , Egorov, Oleg (Author) , Eibensteiner, Cosima (Author) , Emsellem, Eric (Author) , Glover, Simon (Author) , Groves, Brent (Author) , Hassani, Hamid (Author) , Klessen, Ralf S. (Author) , Kreckel, Kathryn (Author) , Neumann, Lukas (Author) , Neumann, Justus (Author) , Querejeta, Miguel (Author) , Rosolowsky, Erik (Author) , Sanchez-Blazquez, Patricia (Author) , Sandstrom, Karin (Author) , Schinnerer, Eva (Author) , Sun, Jiayi (Author) , Sutter, Jessica (Author) , Watkins, Elizabeth J. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: October 2023
In: Astronomy and astrophysics
Year: 2023, Volume: 678, Pages: 1-16
ISSN:1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202347175
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Author Notes:Francesco Belfiore, Adam K. Leroy, Thomas G. Williams, Ashley T. Barnes, Frank Bigiel, Médéric Boquien, Yixian Cao, Jérémy Chastenet, Enrico Congiu, Daniel A. Dale, Oleg V. Egorov, Cosima Eibensteiner, Eric Emsellem, Simon C.O. Glover, Brent Groves, Hamid Hassani, Ralf S. Klessen, Kathryn Kreckel, Lukas Neumann, Justus Neumann, Miguel Querejeta, Erik Rosolowsky, Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez, Karin Sandstrom, Eva Schinnerer, Jiayi Sun, Jessica Sutter, and Elizabeth J. Watkins

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