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most citedFAUST I. The hot corino at the heart of the prototypical Class I protostar L1551 IRS5

51 citations · 269 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

FAUST XXXII. Chemically layered structures and ionisation in the disk and envelope of NGC 1333 IRAS 4C

Shota Notsu, Nami Sakai, Yichen Zhang +71

Recent molecular line observations with high spatial resolutions have revealed vertical chemical stratification in Class I/II disks (i.e. chemical composition changing with height…

astro-ph.GA2026

Dust Seeding Molecules in a Massive Protostar -- Detection of TiO in Orion Source I

Ziwei E. Zhang, Nami Sakai, Marcelino Agundez +16

We report the first detection of TiO in star-forming regions based on Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations of Orion Source I, a well-characterized massive prot…

astro-ph.SR2026

FAUST XXXI. Grain properties and variability of three sources in GSS 30

Q. Yang, H. Baobab Liu, S. Feng +55

To advance our understanding of dust properties in class 0/I young stellar objects, it is crucial to resolve their structures at multiple wavelengths and investigate how grain grow…

astro-ph.EP2025

CORINOS IV: Quantifying Baseline-Fitting Uncertainties in SO Ice Measurements with JWST/MIRI

Rachel E. Gross, Yao-Lun Yang, L. Ilsedore Cleeves +15

Sulfur dioxide (SO) ice has been tentatively detected in protostellar envelopes, but its reliability as a solid-state sulfur reservoir remains unclear. We present new measureme…

astro-ph.GA2025

Origin of the Shell Structure in the Primary Outflow from IRAS 15398-3359

Tomoyuki Hanawa, Yuki Okoda, Yao-Lun Yang +1

IRAS 15398-3359, a Class 0 protostar in Lupus I star forming region, is associated with three generations of outflows. The primary outflow, i.e., the most recent one, shows interna…

astro-ph.SR2025

CORINOS. III. Outflow Shocked Regions of the Low-mass Protostellar Source IRAS 15398-3359 with JWST and ALMA

Yuki Okoda, Yao-Lun Yang, Neal J. Evans +10

While molecular outflows have been studied in details with radio interferometry, observations of the hotter gas in protostellar outflows at a comparable physical scale is often cha…

astro-ph.SR2025

Evidence for Jet/Outflow Shocks Heating the Environment Around the Class I Protostellar Source Elias 29: FAUST XXI

Yoko Oya, Eri Saiga, Anna Miotello +1

We have observed the late Class I protostellar source Elias~29 at a spatial-resolution of 70~au with the Atacama~Large~Millimeter/submillimeter~Array (ALMA) as part of the FAUST La…

astro-ph.SR2024

CORINOS II. JWST-MIRI detection of warm molecular gas from an embedded, disk-bearing protostar

Colette Salyk, Yao-Lun Yang, Klaus M. Pontoppidan +8

We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) observations of warm CO and HO gas in emission toward the low-mass protostar IRAS 15398-3359, observ…

astro-ph.GA2024

CH_3OH and Its Deuterated Species in the Disk/Envelope System of the Low-Mass Protostellar Source B335

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Nami Sakai +5

Deuterium fractionation in the closest vicinity of a protostar is important in understanding its potential heritage to a planetary system. Here, we have detected the spectral line…

astro-ph.GA2024

Multiple chemical tracers finally unveil the intricate NGC\,1333 IRAS\,4A outflow system. FAUST XVI

Layal Chahine, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Marta De Simone +54

The exploration of outflows in protobinary systems presents a challenging yet crucial endeavour, offering valuable insights into the dynamic interplay between protostars and their…

astro-ph.GA2024

FAUST XIII. Dusty cavity and molecular shock driven by IRS7B in the Corona Australis cluster

G. Sabatini, L. Podio, C. Codella +54

The origin of the chemical diversity observed around low-mass protostars probably resides in the earliest history of these systems. We aim to investigate the impact of protostellar…

astro-ph.EP2023

Chemistry of Complex Organic Molecules in the V883 Ori Disk Revealed by ALMA Band 3 Observations

Yoshihide Yamato, Shota Notsu, Yuri Aikawa +3

Complex organic molecules (COMs) in protoplanetary disks are key to understanding the origin of volatiles in comets in our solar system, yet the chemistry of COMs in protoplanetary…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 14 cited

FAUST VII. Detection of A Hot Corino in the Prototypical Warm Carbon-Chain Chemistry Source IRAS 15398-3359

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Logan Francis +16

We have observed the low-mass protostellar source, IRAS 153983359, at a resolution of 0.2-0.3, as part of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array Large Program…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 23 cited

Chemical Differentiation and Temperature Distribution on a Few au Scale around the Protostellar Source B335

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Muneaki Imai +5

Resolving physical and chemical structures in the vicinity of a protostar is of fundamental importance for elucidating their evolution to a planetary system. In this context, we ha…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 22 cited

Hot methanol in the [BHB2007] 11 protobinary system: hot corino versus shock origin? : FAUST V

C. Vastel, F. Alves, C. Ceccarelli +63

Methanol is a ubiquitous species commonly found in the molecular interstellar medium. It is also a crucial seed species for the building-up of the chemical complexity in star formi…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 20 cited

Chemical and Physical Characterization of the Isolated Protostellar Source CB68: FAUST. IV

Muneaki Imai, Yoko Oya, Brian Svoboda +1

Chemical diversity of low-mass protostellar sources has so far been recognized, and environmental effects are invoked as its origin. In this context, observations of isolated proto…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 32 cited

FAUST III. Misaligned rotations of the envelope, outflow, and disks in the multiple protostellar system of VLA 16232417

Satoshi Ohashi, Claudio Codella, Nami Sakai +69

We report a study of the low-mass Class-0 multiple system VLA 1623AB in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, using HCO (), CS (), and CCH () lines as…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 13 cited

Molecular Distributions of the Disk/Envelope System of L483: Principal Component Analysis for the Image Cube Data

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Shotaro Abe +3

Unbiased understandings of molecular distributions in a disk/envelope system of a low-mass protostellar source are crucial for investigating physical and chemical evolution process…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 39 cited

FAUST II. Discovery of a Secondary Outflow in IRAS 15398-3359: Variability in Outflow Direction during the Earliest Stage of Star Formation?

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Logan Francis +66

We have observed the very low-mass Class 0 protostar IRAS 15398-3359 at scales ranging from 50 au to 1800 au, as part of the ALMA Large Program FAUST. We uncover a linear feature,…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 17 cited

Molecular Distributions of the Protostellar Envelope and the Outflow of IRAS 15398-3359: Principal Component Analysis

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Nami Sakai +2

We have imaged 15 molecular-line emissions and the dust continuum emission around the Class 0 protostellar source, IRAS 15398-3359, with ALMA. The outflow structure is mainly trace…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 51 cited

FAUST I. The hot corino at the heart of the prototypical Class I protostar L1551 IRS5

E. Bianchi, C. J. Chandler, C. Ceccarelli +63

The study of hot corinos in Solar-like protostars has been so far mostly limited to the Class 0 phase, hampering our understanding of their origin and evolution. In addition, recen…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 38 cited

The Co-evolution of Disk and Star in Embedded Stages: The Case of the Very Low-mass Protostar

Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Nami Sakai +4

We have observed the CCH (N=3-2, J=7/2-5/2, F=4-3 and 3-2) and SO (6_7-5_6) emission at a 0"2 angular resolution toward the low-mass Class 0 protostellar source IRAS 15398-3359 wit…