3 papers
astro-ph.GA2025
Unmasking the physical information inherent to interstellar spectral line profiles with Machine Learning. I. Application of LTE to HCN and HNC transitions
Edgar Mendoza, Pietro Dall'Olio, Luciene S. Coelho +4
Physical and chemical conditions (kinetic temperature, volume density, molecular composition) of interstellar clouds are inherent in their mm-submm line spectra, making spectral li…
astro-ph.GA2025
New routes for PN destruction and formation in the ISM via neutral-neutral gas-phase reactions and an extended database for reactions involving phosphorus
Mateus X. Silva, Edgar Mendoza, Fábio S. L. Ferreira +5
Phosphorus plays an essential role in the chemistry of living organisms, being present in several fundamental biomolecules. The investigation of chemical reactions taking place in…
astro-ph.GA2024
New SiS destruction and formation routes via neutral-neutral reactions and their fundamental role in interstellar clouds at low and high metallicity values
Edgar Mendoza, Samuel F. M. Costa, Miguel Carvajal +3
Among the silicon bearing species discovered in the interstellar medium, SiS and SiO stand out as key tracers due to their distinct chemistry and abundances in interstellar and cir…