Thomas Lai

Astronomer @caltechipac 🌌 Studying galaxy mergers & interstellar dust in galaxies.

[Jwst Feed @WebbFeed]

Composite image of JWST and Hubble of the Antennae galaxies, processed by Esteban Ayala.
UV - purple/indigo
Visible - light blue
near-ir -yellow/orange
mid-ir - red
https://t.co/rbuL0k6JRi

[Vivian U @JustTheLetterU]

@SeanLinden Coming up soon (13:30 ET) @thomaslai226 will talk about AGN feedback in Seyfert galaxy #NGC7469 at the #JWSTFirstResults conference! In the mean time, I'd like to advertise posters by postdocs Thomas Bohn (NIRCam+MIRI imaging) and @marinavbianchin (NIRSpec) - say hi! #jwstgoals

[Vivian U @JustTheLetterU]

Thomas gave a superb talk on PAH size distribution as a result of AGN in #NGC7469! Check out our papers on MIR AGN spectrum (Armus+22), highly ionized outflow (U+22), SF regions (Bohn+22), & ISM conditions (Bianchin+22 in prep). The comparison between #JWST #MIRI & #Spitzer is🤯

[Vivian U @JustTheLetterU]

@SeanLinden Sean gave an excellent talk that showcased the young clusters he found in #VV114 using NIRCam images (Linden+22), the extended PAH emission and diagnostic IR colors seen in MIRI imaging data (Evans+22), and the spectroscopic nature of the cores (Rich+22).

Check out the papers!

[Vivian U @JustTheLetterU]

A new #jwstgoals #ers1328 paper just hit the arxiv! Here in this paper led by @SeanLinden, we found many hidden young massive star clusters in (the "overlap" region of) VV114 previously hidden from view. Check it out!

https://t.co/CHORx02LZN
(been waiting to make this gif 😆)

[Vivian U @JustTheLetterU]

A day late but the 1st of our JWST-GOALS papers led by Hanae Inami is now on arXiv! Check it out to see what's lurking behind all the dust in luminous infrared galaxy II Zw 96 -- is Source 8 a nucleus or not?!?! Dun dun dun...

https://t.co/5ogO1dfb0H

#jwstgoals #ers1328

[Klaus Pontoppidan @pontoppi]

#JWST results from something much closer to home are now coming out. Today, we can present an incredibly detailed #MIRI spectrum of organic ices around an extremely young star. As a spectroscopist, this is what I’ve been waiting for!

[Thomas Lai @thomaslai226]

@JustTheLetterU Kind of forcing myself to enjoy the beauty of the images first and worry about the rest later 😂

[arXiver @arXiver]

All the PAHs: an AKARI-Spitzer Cross Archival Spectroscopic Survey of Aromatic Emission in Galaxies [GA] https://t.co/06xSwu9S9V

[Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi]

The hearts of all freedom-loving people were moved by the courage of the one million men & women of Hong Kong who took to the streets to peacefully demand their rights & denounce this horrific extradition bill. America stands with the people of Hong Kong. https://t.co/wX01v5xzHs

[Thomas Lai @thomaslai226]

Save as record. Really cool!