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most citedGas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS). II. On the quest for the sulphur reservoir in molecular clouds: the case

82 citations · 590 across the 38 of their papers we have counts for

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38 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Series of core collapse numerical simulations (SOLANUM) I: Modelling the early and late infall in a sun-like protostar

D. Navarro-Almaida, B. Commerçon, U. Lebreuilly +5

Magnetohydrodynamical simulations and interferometric observations toward young stellar objects reveal the accretion of gas that may alter the physical properties and chemical comp…

astro-ph.SR2026

Discovery of sulfur oxides in the ejecta of a B[e] supergiant

C. Bordiu, J. Ricardo Rizzo, D. Navarro-Almaida +12

B[e] supergiants represent a rare class of luminous, evolved massive stars surrounded by dusty circumstellar disks. Since their intense UV fields were long thought to sterilize the…

astro-ph.GA2026

Evolution of Chemistry in the envelope of HOt corinoS (ECHOS). III. Sulphur chemistry in the Class 0 objects HH 212 and NGC 1333 IRAS 4A

P. Fernández-Ruiz, A. Fuente, G. Esplugues +7

Our goal is to find chemical diagnostics to determine the physical conditions in protostellar envelopes and help establish the development of matter during the formation of a low-m…

astro-ph.GA2026

Modeling the UV-photon irradiation of CS-bearing ices in the laboratory with the pyRate gas-grain astrochemical code. New insights into the missing sulfur problem

O. Sipilä, R. Martín-Doménech, W. Riedel +4

Observations indicate that the total abundance of S-bearing species in dense clouds is orders of magnitude lower than the cosmic sulfur abundance. Addressing this "missing sulfur p…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Chemical study of two starless cores in the B213/L1495 filament

L. Moral-Almansa, A. Fuente, M. Rodríguez-Baras +7

The chemical evolution of pre-stellar cores during their transition to a protostellar stage is not yet fully understood. Detailed chemical characterizations of these sources are ne…

astro-ph.SR2025

Observations of sulfuretted species in HL Tau

P. Rivière-Marichalar, R. le Gal, A. Fuente +4

Protoplanetary disks inherit their chemical composition from their natal molecular cloud, but the extent to which this material is preserved versus reset through chemical reprocess…

astro-ph.GA2025

First Detection of CH3OD in Prestellar Cores

Beatrice M. Kulterer, Asunción Fuente, Maria N. Drozdovskaya +6

The isotopic ratios of deuterated methanol derived around protostars are commonly used to infer the physical conditions under which they formed in the earlier prestellar stage. How…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

A quest for sulfur-bearing refractory species. Identification of CaS in the interstellar medium

A. Tasa-Chaveli, Á. Sánchez-Monge, A. Fuente +10

The recent detection of refractory molecules in massive star-forming regions provides a means of probing the innermost regions of disks around massive stars. These detections also…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Fine-tuning the complex organic molecule formation: sulfur and CO ice as regulators of surface chemistry

D. Navarro-Almaida, A. Taillard, A. Fuente +3

Grain-surface chemistry plays a crucial role in the formation of molecules of astrobiological interest, including HS and complex organic molecules (COMs). They are commonly o…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Gas-phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS) XI. The evolution of HCN, HNC, and N2H+ isotopic ratios in starless cores

A. Tasa-Chaveli, A. Fuente, G. Esplugues +5

Isotopic ratios have been used as chemical diagnostics to investigate the origin of the material in the Solar System. We have determined the HCN, HNC, and N2H+ isotopic ratios and…

astro-ph.GA2025

Photodesorption of SO2 and SO from UV-irradiated SO2 ices

Rafael Martín-Doménech, Bruno Escribano, David Navarro-Almaida +4

The detection of high gas-phase abundances of SO2 and SO in the cold envelope of an intermediate mass protostar suggests that these molecules might form on icy dust grains and subs…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

PRODIGE VI -- Envelope to Disk with NOEMA: VI. The Missing Sulfur Problem

J. J. Miranzo-Pastor, A. Fuente, D. Navarro-Almaida +17

Determining the amount of sulfur in volatiles and refractories in the ISM remains one of the main problems in astrochemistry. The detection of HS ices, which are thought to be…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

The sulfur plume in the Horsehead nebula: New detections of SH, SH, and CO

Asunción Fuente, Gisela Esplugues, Pablo Rivière-Marichalar +13

Sulfur is essential for life, but its abundance and distribution in the interstellar medium remain uncertain, with over 90% of sulfur undetected in cold molecular clouds. Sulfur al…

astro-ph.GA2025

Predicting the detectability of sulphur-bearing molecules in the solid phase with simulated spectra of JWST instruments

A. Taillard, R. Martín-Doménech, H. Carrascosa +7

To date, gas phase observations of sulphur in dense interstellar environments have only constrained the molecular carriers of 1% of its predicted cosmic abundance. An additional 5%…

astro-ph.GA2024

Evolution of Chemistry in the envelope of HOt CorinoS (ECHOS) II. The puzzling chemistry of isomers as revealed by the HNCS/HSCN ratio

G. Esplugues, M. Rodríguez-Baras, D. Navarro-Almaida +8

The observational detection of some metastable isomers in the interstellar medium with abundances comparable to those of the most stable isomer, or even when the stable isomer is n…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS). X. Observational effects of turbulence on the chemistry of molecular clouds

L. Beitia-Antero, A. Fuente, D. Navarro-Almaida +12

(Abridged) We explore the chemistry of the most abundant C, O, S, and N bearing species in molecular clouds, in the context of the IRAM 30 m Large Programme Gas phase Elemental abu…

astro-ph.IM2024

A fast neural emulator for interstellar chemistry

A. Asensio Ramos, C. Westendorp Plaza, D. Navarro-Almaida +3

Astrochemical models are important tools to interpret observations of molecular and atomic species in different environments. However, these models are time-consuming, precluding a…

astro-ph.GA2024

Grain growth and its chemical impact in the first hydrostatic core phase

D. Navarro-Almaida, U. Lebreuilly, P. Hennebelle +8

The first hydrostatic core (FHSC) phase is a brief stage in the protostellar evolution that is difficult to detect. Our goal is to characterize the chemical evolution of gas and du…

astro-ph.EP2023

AB Aur, a Rosetta stone for studies of planet formation (III): continuum observations at 2 and 7 mm

Pablo Rivière-Marichalar, Enrique Macías, Clément Baruteau +7

Observational constraints on dust properties in protoplanetary disks are key to better understanding disks' evolution. We continue our exploration of the protoplanetary disk around…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

NIKA2 observations of starless cores in Taurus and Perseus

C. Kramer, R. Adam, P. Ade +49

Dusty starless cores play an important role in regulating the initial phases of the formation of stars and planets. In their interiors, dust grains coagulate and ice mantles form,…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 9 cited

Evolution of Chemistry in the envelope of Hot Corinos (ECHOS). I. Extremely young sulphur chemistry in the isolated Class 0 object B335

G. Esplugues, M. Rodríguez-Baras, D. San Andrés +7

Within the project Evolution of Chemistry in the envelope of HOt corinoS (ECHOS), we present a study of sulphur chemistry in the envelope of the Class 0 source B335 through observa…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 4 cited

Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS). IX. Deuterated compounds of H2S in starless cores

Marina Rodríguez-Baras, Gisela Esplugues, Asunción Fuente +10

H2S is thought to be the main sulphur reservoir in the ice, being therefore a key molecule to understand sulphur chemistry in the star formation process and to solve the missing su…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS) VIII. Unlocking the CS chemistry: the CH + S CS + H and C + S CS + C reactions

Carlos M. R. Rocha, Octavio Roncero, Niyazi Bulut +15

We revise the rates of reactions CH + S -> CS + H and C_2 + S -> CS + C, important CS formation routes in dark and diffuse warm gas. We performed ab initio calculations to characte…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 15 cited

Linking the dust and chemical evolution: Taurus and Perseus -- New collisional rates for HCN, HNC, and their C, N, and H isotopologues

D. Navarro-Almaida, C. T. Bop, F. Lique +18

HCN, HNC, and their isotopologues are ubiquitous molecules that can serve as chemical thermometers and evolutionary tracers to characterize star-forming regions. Despite their impo…