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astro-ph.SR2026

Mapping of interstellar ices with JWST in protostellar envelopes: Spatial variations of CO, CO, CO, OCN and HO ice

N. G. C. Brunken, E. F. van Dishoeck, A. C. A. Boogert +16

The composition of planets and their atmospheres is largely determined by the formation environment of the planet. This environment is pre-determined during early stages when the p…

astro-ph.SR2026

The CepA disk-outflow system at <=0.2'' or <=100au resolution

H. Beuther, C. Gieser, V. Aberham +21

Context: Although there has been significant progress, the physical properties and potential fragmentation of accretion disks around high-mass protostars remain poorly constrained.…

astro-ph.SR2026

Protostellar Outflows at the EarliesT Stages (POETS). IX. Magnetohydrodynamic disk winds traced by SO and SO in luminous protostars

L. Moscadelli, H. Beuther, A. Sanna +13

We investigate two massive young stellar objects (YSOs), IRAS21078+5211 and G035.02+0.35, where evidence for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) disk winds (DWs) has been obtained at scales…

astro-ph.SR2026

JOYS: Launch and destruction of dust in protostellar jets. The case of BHR71-IRS1 with JWST MIRI

Łukasz Tychoniec, Logan Francis, Maria Gabriela Navarro +25

Protostellar winds can theoretically lift solids from the planet-forming disks, but direct evidence for launched dust has been scarce so far. Numerous atomic lines that are unique…

astro-ph.SR2026

JOYS: A JWST/MIRI survey of the evolution of H winds and jets from low-mass protostars

L. Francis, Ł. Tychoniec, E. F. van Dishoeck +20

Protostellar outflows display wide-angle winds and collimated jets, the magnetocentrifugal launching of which enables accretion onto the protostar. The majority of the outflow mass…

astro-ph.SR2026

Evidence of Enhanced Ionization in Protostellar Envelopes

Kamber R. Schwarz, S. Maret, M. R. A. Wells +4

Ionization is a major driver of both physical and chemical evolution in protostellar systems. Recent observations reveal substantial chemical processing in protoplanetary disks by…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

Unlocking accretion rate diagnostics for high-mass protostars using JWST/MIRI HI lines

S. D. Reyes-Reyes, H. Beuther, E. F. van Dishoeck +14

While many aspects of high-mass star formation have been investigated, the accretion onto the central protostars is one of the most fundamental but less explored physical propertie…

astro-ph.SR2026

PRODIGE -- envelope to disk with NOEMA VIII. Sulfur oxides trace a shock caused by a streamer in the inner envelope of a protostar

María Teresa Valdivia-Mena, Jaime E. Pineda, Caroline Gieser +24

(Abridged) Recently, streamers have been observed causing shocks at the outer edge of protoplanetary disks. The study of sulfur-bearing species can help us to understand the physic…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

JOYS: JWST MIRI/MRS spectra of the inner 500 au region of the L1527 IRS bipolar outflow

R. Devaraj, E. F. van Dishoeck, T. P. Ray +12

This study characterized the physical and kinematic properties within the innermost 500 au region of the L1527 bipolar outflow, a class 0/I low-mass protostar using JWST MIRI/MRS s…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

ANTIHEROES-PRODIGE: Quantifying the connection from envelope to disk with the IRAM 30m telescope and NOEMA I. Attack of the streamers: L1448N's fight for order in the chaos

C. Gieser, P. Caselli, D. M. Segura-Cox +19

Star formation is a hierarchical process ranging from molecular clouds down to individual protostars. In particular how infalling asymmetric structures, called streamers, deliverin…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 31 cited

JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS). Overview of gaseous molecular emission and absorption in low-mass protostars

M. L. van Gelder, L. Francis, E. F. van Dishoeck +17

The MIRI-MRS instrument onboard JWST allows for probing the molecular gas composition at mid-IR wavelengths at unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. It is important to study th…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 33 cited

JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS). HH 211: the textbook case of a protostellar jet and outflow

A. Caratti o Garatti, T. P. Ray, P. J. Kavanagh +22

We use the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) (5-28 um), to study the embedded HH 211 flow. We map a 0.95'x0.22' region, covering the full ext…

astro-ph.SR2024

ALMA Observations of Molecular Line Emission from High-excitation Bipolar Planetary Nebulae

Paula Moraga Baez, Joel H. Kastner, Jesse Bublitz +7

We present early results from our program of ALMA Band 6 (1.3mm) molecular line mapping of a sample of nearby, well-studied examples of high-excitation, bipolar/pinched-waist and m…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 37 cited

JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS): Linked accretion and ejection in a Class I protobinary system

Łukasz Tychoniec, Martijn L. van Gelder, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +19

Accretion and ejection sets the outcome of the star and planet formation process. The mid-infrared wavelength range offers key tracers of those processes that were difficult to det…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 2 cited

JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS+): Detection of icy complex organic molecules and ions. I. CH, SO, HCOO, OCN, HCO, HCOOH, CHCHOH, CHCHO, CHOCHO, CHCOOH

W. R. M. Rocha, E. F. van Dishoeck, M. E. Ressler +23

Complex organic molecules (COMs) detected in the gas phase are thought to be mostly formed on icy grains, but no unambiguous detection of icy COMs larger than CH3OH has been report…

astro-ph.SR2023

JOYS+: mid-infrared detection of gas-phase SO emission in a low-mass protostar. The case of NGC 1333 IRAS2A: hot core or accretion shock?

M. L. van Gelder, M. E. Ressler, E. F. van Dishoeck +18

JWST/MIRI has sharpened our infrared eyes toward the star formation process. This paper presents the first mid-infrared detection of gaseous SO emission in an embedded low-mass…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 18 cited

JOYS: Disentangling the warm and cold material in the high-mass IRAS 23385+6053 cluster

C. Gieser, H. Beuther, E. F. van Dishoeck +20

(abridged) We study and compare the warm (>100 K) and cold (<100 K) material toward the high-mass star-forming region IRAS 23385+6053 (IRAS 23385 hereafter) combining high angular…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 45 cited

JOYS: JWST Observations of Young protoStars: Outflows and accretion in the high-mass star-forming region IRAS23385+605

H. Beuther, E. F. van Dishoeck, L. Tychoniec +21

Aims: The JWST program JOYS (JWST Observations of Young protoStars) aims at characterizing the physical and chemical properties of young high- and low-mass star-forming regions, in…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 18 cited

Clustered star formation at early evolutionary stages. Physical and chemical analysis of the young star-forming regions ISOSS J22478+6357 and ISOSS J23053+5953

C. Gieser, H. Beuther, D. Semenov +20

We aim to characterize the physical and chemical properties of fragmented cores during the earliest evolutionary stages in the very young star-forming regions ISOSS J22478+6357 and…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 31 cited

Gravity and rotation drag the magnetic field in high-mass star formation

H. Beuther, J. D. Soler, H. Linz +8

The formation of hot stars out of the cold interstellar medium lies at the heart of astrophysical research. Understanding the importance of magnetic fields during star formation re…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 53 cited

Chemical complexity in high-mass star formation: An observational and modeling case study of the AFGL 2591 VLA 3 hot core

C. Gieser, D. Semenov, H. Beuther +30

We present a detailed observational and modeling study of the hot core VLA 3 in the high-mass star-forming region AFGL 2591, which is a target region of the NOrthern Extended Milli…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 22 cited

IRAS23385+6053: An embedded massive cluster in the making

R. Cesaroni, H. Beuther, A. Ahmadi +26

This study is part of the project ``CORE'', an IRAM/NOEMA large program consisting of observations of the millimeter continuum and molecular line emission towards 20 selected high-…