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SMILES: A Prototype JWST Multiband Mid-infrared Survey
Shivaei, Irene; Lyu, Jianwei; Alberts, Stacey +4 more
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) for JWST is supplied with a suite of imaging band-pass filters optimized for full spectral coverage in eight intermediate-width bands from 5 to 26 µm and a narrower one at 11.3 µm. This contrasts with previous infrared space telescopes, which generally have provided only two broad bands, one near 10 &…
SOFIA/HAWC+ Far-infrared Polarimetric Large Area CMZ Exploration Survey. II. Detection of a Magnetized Dust Ring in the Galactic Center
Morris, Mark R.; Staguhn, Johannes; Wollack, Edward J. +8 more
We present the detection of a magnetized dust ring (M0.8–0.2) in the central molecular zone (CMZ) of the Galactic center. The results presented in this paper utilize the first data release of the Far-Infrared Polarimetric Large Area CMZ Emission (FIREPLACE) survey (i.e., Paper I of this series). The FIREPLACE survey is a 214 µm polarimetric …
The Dustiest Galactic S Stars: Mid-infrared Spectra from SOFIA/FORCAST
Sloan, G. C.; Kraemer, Kathleen E.; Ramirez, Ramses M.
We present spectra of 12 of the reddest, and hence dustiest, S stars in the Milky Way, observed with the FORCAST grisms on SOFIA. S stars are asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars with C/O ∼ 1, so their molecular and dust chemistries are dominated by neither O nor C, often leading to atypical spectral features from their molecules and dust grains. A…
An Outbursting Protostar: The Environment of L1251 VLA 6
Ábrahám, Péter; Kóspál, Ágnes; Kun, Mária +6 more
Young protostars that undergo episodic accretion can provide insight into the impact on their circumstellar environments while matter is accreted from the disk onto the protostar. IRAS 22343+7501 is a four-component protostar system with one of those being a fading outbursting protostar, which was obseved with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (…
A Multiwavelength Study of the Symbiotic Mira HM Sge with SOFIA and HST
Goldman, Steven R.; Montiel, Edward; Sankrit, Ravi +3 more
We have targeted the dusty symbiotic Mira system HM Sge with four instruments from the IR to the UV. We have used these observations along with archival observations to study how the system has been evolving after its 1975 nova-like outburst. We have detected rovibrational water emission in a symbiotic system for the first time using new EXES high…