MICONIC: The spatial relationship between star formation and the AGN in Centaurus A revealed by JWST/MIRI

arXiv:2607.04942 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-07-06 · Read on arXiv

O. C. Jones, M. L. Jones, D. Dicken, G. S. Wright, M. García Marín, A. Alonso Herrero, P. Guillard, K. Justtanont, M. Meixner, A. Labiano, D. Rouan, P. van der Werf, L. Pantoni, V. A. Buiten, T. Böker, G. Östlin, L. Evangelista, M. Baes, L. Colina, L. Hermosa Muñoz, Th. Henning, M. Güdel, T. P. Ray, P. -O. Lagage

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-07-06

Comments: 14 pages, 11 figures, submitted to MNRAS

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• AGN — 19× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Trace — 13× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 4× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• AGN Feedback — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Anisotropy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Aperture Photometry — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Mid-Infrared Characterisation of Nearby Iconic Galaxy Centres — 1× in this paper
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Telespazio UK for the European Space Agency — 1× in this paper

Sources

• 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

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