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◆ Astronomy and Astrophysics2026-05-28· Physics

Resolving stellar populations, star formation, and interstellar medium conditions with JWST in a large spiral galaxy at z ≈ 2

Eleonora Parlanti, Giulia Tozzi, Natascha M. Förster Schreiber, Claudia Pulsoni, Letizia Scaloni, Stavros Pastras, Pascal Oesch, Capucine Barfety, Francesco Belfiore, Jianhang Chen, Giovanni Cresci, Ric Davies, Frank Eisenhauer, Juan M. Espejo Salcedo, Reinhard Genzel, Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Jean-Baptiste Jolly . Lilian L. Lee, Minju M. Lee, Daizhong Liu, Dieter Lutz, Filippo Mannucci, Giovanni Mazzolari, Thorsten Naab, Amit Nestor Shachar, Sedona H. Price, Alvio Renzini, T. Taro Shimizu, A. Sternberg, Martina Scialpi, Eckhard Sturm, Linda J. Tacconi, Hannah Übler, Stijn Wuyts

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Cosmic noon represents the prime epoch where today's massive galaxies assembled most of their stellar masses, and it is an ideal period for observations with both the space-based (JWST) and ground-based near-IR integral-field unit (IFU) spectrographs. This work analyzes JWST NIRSpec Micro Shutter Array (MSA) and NIRCam Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy (WFSS) observations of $), and ionization parameter (log(U)≃-3.0). The central bulge is modestly massive (M_⋆=(7±3)times10^9 M_⊙), heavily obscured (A_V=6.43±0.55), and likely formed most of its stellar mass in the past (SFR=82±42 James Webb Telescope a large spiral, star-forming (SF) galaxy at z=2.224 with evidence of radial gas inflows. Leveraging ground-based IFU ERIS observations, we conducted a comprehensive and resolved study of the interstellar medium and stellar properties of this galaxy, covering the rest-frame optical to near-IR. Our analysis -- using several emission-line diagnostics, resolved spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting of high-resolution imaging, and line detection in NIRCam WFSS data -- reveals massive SF clumps (M_⋆≃(0.67-3.5)times10^9 M_⊙) with star formation rates (SFRs) of 3-24 low dust attenuation (A_V≃0.4), electron densities (n_̊m ełesssim300 cm -3 over the last ∼100 Myr). Yet, it continues to form stars at a lower rate (SFR$=12 over the last ∼10 Myr). We infer a relatively low sulfur abundance of log(S/O)≃-1.9, which may have implications for sulfur production via type I supernova explosions. Moreover, all distinct galaxy regions feature a metallicity of 12+log(O/H)≈8.54, likely due -- along with the enhanced N/O abundance (i.e., log(N/O)≃$-1.0) -- to dilution effects from radial inflows of metal-poor gas. Lastly, we find tentative evidence of a negative gradient in stellar age, suggesting possible inside-out growth for
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