JWST Observations of Starbursts: A Young Bubble in NGC 253's Central Starburst

arXiv:2609.16190 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-14 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-14

Comments: 24 pages, 12 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal

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

Terminology

• Aperture — 14× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 6× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Forward modeling — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Stellar Feedback — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AGN — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Degeneracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Atacama Compact Array — 1× in this paper
• Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Initial Mass Function (IMF) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Total Power — 1× in this paper
• Velocity Dispersion — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• JWST Observations of Starbursts: Molecular Hydrogen Excitation and Disequilibrium in M82
• TRINITY: A coupled model of winds, radiation, and photoionised gas in molecular clouds. I. Methods and validation
• Rhea-RT: Dynamical impact of Central Molecular Zone conditions on the properties of the interstellar medium and stellar feedback coupling

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