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most citedALMA Survey of Lupus Protoplanetary Disks I: Dust and Gas Masses

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astro-ph.EP2026

Planetary gas gaps and kinematic signatures in the planet forming disk around WISPIT 2

Nienke van der Marel, Jochen Stadler, Andres F. Izquierdo +8

The giant planet formation process in disks of gas and dust surrounding young stars is observationally still poorly constrained. Direct detection of protoplanets within the disk re…

astro-ph.EP2026

Disk survey in the Serpens star-forming region: Environmental effects in nearby star-forming regions

Simin Tong, Nienke van der Marel, Jonathan P. Williams +1

The external environment where protoplanetary disks are embedded regulates disk evolution. External irradiation, which heats and evaporates gas, as well as frequent stellar encount…

astro-ph.EP2026

Drift-dominated dust evolution. A multiwavelength analysis of dust rings in CY Tau and DoAr25

Anastasia Topalidou, Nienke van der Marel, Paola Pinilla +3

Context. Protoplanetary disks are the birthplaces of planets, and understanding the distribution and evolution of dust within them is essential for tracing the early stages of plan…

astro-ph.EP2026

Multi-epoch scattered-light analysis of HD 135344B: new evidence for a spiral-driving protoplanet

J. Latour, V. Christiaens, O. Absil +17

The HD 135344B (SAO 206462) disk exhibits strong signposts of planet formation. ALMA images in the sub-mm revealed a gap-crossing dust filament whose position coincides with a twis…

astro-ph.EP2026

The asymmetric carbon-rich chemistry of the planet-forming disk of HD 142527 triggered by late infall

Milou Temmink, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Alice S. Booth +3

The planet-forming disk of HD 142527 is known for its azimuthally asymmetric dust trap, shadows, and spiral arms. We use new ALMA observations to investigate the molecular composit…

astro-ph.EP2026

The role of inner disk edges in shaping ultra-short-period planet systems around late M dwarfs

S. N. Brandenberger, M. Sanchez, N. Van der Marel +2

Close-in rocky planets are the most common type of exoplanets around late M dwarfs, ranging from more temperate worlds to highly irradiated lava planets with molten surfaces, and m…

astro-ph.GA2025

Non-detection of J1407b in ALMA Band 7 Observations

Pamela Klaassen, Matthew Kenworthy, Eric Mamajek +4

We report on ALMA Band 7 continuum observations towards the star 1SWASP J140747.93-394542.6 taken in mid 2024. These observations were a follow-up of a previous detection of an emi…

astro-ph.EP2025

ALMA High-resolution Observation for the Transitional Disk around IRAS 04125+2902

Ayumu Shoshi, Takayuki Muto, Quincy Bosschaart +5

Recently, the youngest transiting planet was discovered around the T Tauri star, IRAS 04125+2902, in the Taurus-Auriga star-forming region. This system is crucial for understanding…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 14 cited

ALMA reveals thermal and non-thermal desorption of methanol ice in the HD 100546 protoplanetary disk

Lucy Evans, Alice S. Booth, Catherine Walsh +8

Methanol (CHOH) and formaldehyde (HCO) are chemically coupled organic molecules proposed to act as an intermediate step between simple molecules and more complex prebiotic…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 15 cited

The rapid formation of macromolecules in irradiated ice of protoplanetary disk dust traps

Niels F. W. Ligterink, Paola Pinilla, Nienke van der Marel +4

Organic macromolecular matter is the dominant carrier of volatile elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and noble gases in chondrites -- the rocky building blocks from which Earth for…

astro-ph.EP2024

Measuring the and isotopic ratios of volatile sulfur during planet formation

Alice S. Booth, Maria N. Drozdovskaya, Milou Temmink +9

Stable isotopic ratios constitute powerful tools for unraveling the thermal and irradiation history of volatiles. In particular, we can use our knowledge of the isotopic fractionat…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

Rocky planet formation in compact disks around M dwarfs

M. Sanchez, N. van der Marel, M. Lambrechts +2

Rocky planets in compact configurations are the most common ones around M dwarfs. Many disks around very low mass stars (between 0.1 and 0.5 M) are rather compact and small…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 24 cited

Into the thick of it: ALMA 0.45 mm observations of HL Tau at 2 au resolution

Osmar M. Guerra-Alvarado, Carlos Carrasco-González, Enrique Macías +7

Aims. To comprehend the efficiency of dust evolution within protoplanetary disks, it is crucial to conduct studies of these disks using high-resolution observations at multiple wav…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

An ALMA molecular inventory of warm Herbig Ae disks: II. Abundant complex organics and volatile sulphur in the IRS 48 disk

Alice S. Booth, Milou Temmink, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +11

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) can probe the molecular content of planet-forming disks with unprecedented sensitivity. These observations allow us to build…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

An ALMA molecular inventory of warm Herbig Ae disks: I. Molecular rings, asymmetries and complexity in the HD 100546 disk

Alice S. Booth, Margot Leemker, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +11

Observations of disks with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) allow us to map the chemical makeup of nearby protoplanetary disks with unprecedented spatial res…

astro-ph.EP2024

Correlation between accretion rate and free-free emission in protoplanetary disks -- A multi-wavelength analysis of central mm/cm emission in transition disks

Alessia A. Rota, Jurrian D. Meijerhof, Nienke van der Marel +3

The inner regions of protoplanetary disks are the locations where most of planets are thought to form and where processes that influence the global evolution of the disk, such as M…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 14 cited

IRAS4A1: Multi-wavelength continuum analysis of a very flared Class 0 disk

O. M. Guerra-Alvarado, N. van der Marel, J. Di Francesco +7

Understanding the formation of substructures in protoplanetary disks is vital for gaining insights into dust growth and the process of planet formation. Studying these substructure…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 1 cited

Dust evolution in protoplanetary disks

Nienke van der Marel, Paola Pinilla

Planet formation models rely on knowledge of the physical conditions and evolutionary processes in protoplanetary disks, in particular the grain size distribution and dust growth t…

astro-ph.EP2023

Finding substructures in protostellar disks in Ophiuchus

Arnaud Michel, Sarah I. Sadavoy, Patrick D. Sheehan +5

High-resolution, millimeter observations of disks at the protoplanetary stage reveal substructures such as gaps, rings, arcs, spirals, and cavities. While many protoplanetary disks…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 24 cited

Investigating the asymmetric chemistry in the disk around the young star HD 142527

Milou Temmink, Alice S. Booth, Nienke van der Marel +1

The atmospheric composition of planets is determined by the chemistry of the disks in which they form. Studying the gas-phase molecular composition of disks thus allows us to infer…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 29 cited

Disc population synthesis: Decrease in the solid mass reservoir through pebble drift

Johan Appelgren, Michiel Lambrechts, Nienke van der Marel

Surveys of star-forming regions reveal that the dust mass of protoplanetary discs decreases by several orders of magnitude on a timescale of a few million years. This decrease in t…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 18 cited

A major asymmetric ice trap in a planet-forming disk IV. Nitric oxide gas and a lack of CN tracing sublimating ices and a C/O ratio

M. Leemker, A. S. Booth, E. F. van Dishoeck +5

[Abridged] Most well-resolved disks observed with ALMA show signs of dust traps. These dust traps set the chemical composition of the planet forming material in these disks, as the…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 45 cited

Kinematics and brightness temperatures of transition discs -- A survey of gas substructures as seen with ALMA

Lisa Wölfer, Stefano Facchini, Nienke van der Marel +6

In recent years, high-angular-resolution observations of the dust and gas in circumstellar discs have revealed a variety of morphologies, naturally triggering the question of wheth…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 13 cited

Gap Opening and Inner Disk Structure in the Strongly Accreting Transition Disk of DM Tau

Logan Francis, Nienke van der Marel, Doug Johnstone +7

Large inner dust gaps in transition disks are frequently posited as evidence of giant planets sculpting gas and dust in the disk, or the opening of a gap by photoevaporative winds.…