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II Zw 40 is a starburst dwarf and merger product, and holds a radio-infrared supernebula excited by thousands of embedded OB stars. We present here observations of three aspects of the supernebula: maps of the K and KU radio continuum that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-24 Dan Beilis , Sara Beck , John Lacy , Jean L. Turner , Hauyu Baobab Liu , Paul T. P. Ho , S. Michelle Consiglio

The nearby dwarf galaxy II Zw 40 hosts an intense starburst. At the center of the starburst is a bright compact radio and infrared source, thought to be a giant dense HII region containing ~14,000 O stars. Radio continuum images suggest…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Sara Beck , Jean Turner , John Lacy , Thomas Greathouse , Ohr Lahad

We present integral field spectroscopy in the near-infrared of the nearby starburst galaxy IIZw40. Our new observations provide an unprecedented detailed view of the interstellar medium and star formation of this galaxy. The radiation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Vanzi , G. Cresci , E. Telles , J. Melnick

The extent to which star formation varies in galaxies with low masses, low metallicities, and high star formation rate surface densities is not well-constrained. To gain insight into star formation under these physical conditions, this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Amanda A. Kepley , Amy E. Reines , Kelsey E. Johnson , Lisa May Walker

We have made subarcsecond-resolution images of the central 10" of the Wolf-Rayet dwarf galaxy He 2-10 at 11.7 microns, using the Long Wavelength Spectrometer on the Keck Telescope. The spatial distribution of the infrared emission roughly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. C. Beck , J. L. Turner , V. Gorjian

We present data from mid-infrared Keck Telescope imaging of 18 radio-selected ultra-compact HII region candidates at diffraction-limited resolution. The goal of these observations is to determine the sizes, luminosities, and morphologies of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Uriel Giveon , Matthew J. Richter , Robert H. Becker , Richard L. White

We present deep 3.6 cm radio continuum observations of the HII region W40 obtained using the Very Large Array in its A and B configurations. We detect a total of 20 compact radio sources in a region of 4 x 4 arcmin, with 11 of them…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Luis F. Rodríguez , Steven A. Rodney , Bo Reipurth

The central star-forming region in a blue compact dwarf galaxy, II Zw 40, was observed in the 340 GHz ($880 \micron$) band at $\sim 5$ arcsec (250 pc) resolution with the Submillimetre Array (SMA). A source associated with the central…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Hiroyuki Hirashita

We analyze far-ultraviolet spectra and ancillary data of the super star cluster SSC-N and its surrounding H II region in the nearby dwarf galaxy II Zw 40. From the ultraviolet spectrum, we derive a low internal reddening of E(B-V) = 0.07…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-10 Claus Leitherer , Nell Byler , Janice C. Lee , Emily M. Levesque

We report on the detection of optically thick free-free radio sources in the galaxies M33, NGC 253, and NGC 6946 using data in the literature. We interpret these sources as being young, embedded star birth regions, which are likely to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Kelsey E. Johnson , Chip Kobulnicky , Phil Massey , Peter Conti

VLA radio continuum imaging reveals compact (<8 pc) ~1 mJy radio sources in the central 5" starburst region of the blue compact galaxy Henize 2-10. We interpret these radio knots as extremely young, ultra-dense HII regions. We model their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Henry A. Kobulnicky , Kelsey E. Johnson

Hidden from optical view in the starburst region of the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253 lies an intense radio source with an unusual spectrum which could be interpreted variously as nebular gas ionized by a young stellar cluster or nonthermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Varoujan Gorjian , Jean L. Turner , Sara C. Beck

We present multiwavelength investigation of morphology, physical-environment, stellar contents and star formation activity in the vicinity of star-forming region Sh 2-100. It is found that the Sh 2-100 region contains seven HII regions of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 M. R. Samal , A. K. Pandey , D. K. Ojha , S. K. Ghosh , V. K. Kulkarni , N. Kusakabe , M. Tamura , B. C. Bhatt , M. A. Thompson , R. Sagar

We present a study of the kinematic properties of the ionized gas in the dominant giant HII region of the well known HII galaxy: II Zw 40. High spatial and spectral resolution spectroscopy has been obtained using IFU mode on the GMOS…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-18 Vinicius Bordalo , Henri Plana , Eduardo Telles

We present the first resolved study of the radio continuum properties of I Zw 18, the dwarf galaxy with the lowest known nebular metal abundance in the local universe. New Very Large Array radio continuum images at 20 and 3.6 cm are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 John M. Cannon , Fabian Walter , Evan D. Skillman , Liese van Zee

Aims: To explore the infrared and radio properties of one of the closest Galactic starburst regions. Methods: Images obtained with the Herschel Space Observatory at wavelengths of 70, 160, 250, 350, and 500 microns using the PACS and SPIRE…

W49A is one of the most luminous giant H II (GH II) regions in our Galaxy. This star forming complex contains numerous compact and ultra-compact (UC) H II regions, extending over an area of 15 pc. It emits about 10^{51} Lyman continuum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Peter S. Conti , Robert D. Blum

We report subarcsecond-resolution VLA imaging of four nearby spiral galaxies: IC 342, Maffei II, NGC 2903, and NGC 6946. In each galaxy, compact radio continuum sources are identified in the central ~ 15" x 15" region. These compact sources…

We present new multi-frequency radio continuum imaging of the dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 625 obtained with the Very Large Array. Data at 20, 6, and 3.6 cm reveal global continuum emission dominated by free-free emission, with only mild…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 John M. Cannon , Evan D. Skillman

We present near-infrared imaging and spectroscopic observations of two FR II high-redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs), 4C 40.36 (z=2.3) and 4C 39.37 (z=3.2), obtained with the Hubble, Keck, and Hale Telescopes. High resolution images were taken…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Egami , L. Armus , G. Neugebauer , T. W. Murphy , B. T. Soifer , K. Matthews , A. S. Evans
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