GOALS-JWST: Unveiling Dusty Compact Sources in the Merging Galaxy IIZw096

GOALS-JWST: Unveiling Dusty Compact Sources in the Merging Galaxy IIZw096

We have used the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to obtain the first spatially resolved, mid-infrared images of IIZw096, a merging luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) at z = 0.036. Previous observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope suggested that the vast majo...

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Main Authors: Hanae Inami, Jason Surace, Lee Armus, Aaron S. Evans, Kirsten L. Larson, Loreto Barcos-Munoz, Sabrina Stierwalt, Joseph M. Mazzarella, George C. Privon, Yiqing Song, Sean T. Linden, Christopher C. Hayward, Torsten Böker, Vivian U, Thomas Bohn, Vassilis Charmandaris, Tanio Diaz-Santos, Justin H. Howell, Thomas Lai, Anne M. Medling, Jeffrey A. Rich, Susanne Aalto, Philip Appleton, Michael J. I. Brown, Shunshi Hoshioka, Kazushi Iwasawa, Francisca Kemper, David Law, Matthew A. Malkan, Jason Marshall, Eric J. Murphy, David Sanders, Paul van der Werf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Luminous infrared galaxies
Galaxy mergers
Infrared astronomy
Infrared sources
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac9389

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