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most citedMINDS. The detection of CO with JWST-MIRI indicates abundant CO in a protoplanetary disk

109 citations · 703 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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30 papers

astro-ph.EP2026★ 7 cited

Accretion Burst Crystallizes Silicates in a Planet-Forming Disk

Jeong-Eun Lee, Chul-Hwan Kim, Jaeyeong Kim +13

Crystalline silicates form at high temperatures (> 900 K; Fabian et al. 2000; Hallenbeck et al. 1998). Their presence in comets (Hanner et al. 1994; Hayward et al. 2000; Wooden et…

astro-ph.EP2026

MINDS: Intertwined evolution of dust and gas in large planet-forming disks. A diversity driven by halted pebble drift?

Benoît Tabone, Milou Temmink, Laurens B. F. M. Waters +25

(Abridged) We aim to investigate the inner regions of large and massive disks orbiting T Tauri stars, thought to be progenitors of systems with wide-orbit planets and possible case…

astro-ph.EP2025

MINDS: The molecule-rich disc of the Herbig star HD 35929 revealed with JWST/MIRI

Till Kaeufer, Rens Waters, Danny Gasman +16

Our knowledge of the chemical composition of the gas in the inner disc of intermediate-mass young stars is limited, due to the lack of suitable instrumentation. The launch of JWST…

astro-ph.EP2025

MINDS: The very low-mass star and brown dwarf sample II. Probing disk settling, dust properties, and dust-gas interplay with JWST/MIRI

Hyerin Jang, Aditya M. Arabhavi, Till Kaeufer +11

Disks around very low-mass stars (VLMS) provide environments for the formation of Earth-like planets. Mid-infrared observations have revealed that these disks exhibit weak silicate…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

MINDS. Cha Hα 1, a brown dwarf with a hydrocarbon-rich disk

María Morales-Calderón, Hyerin Jang, Aditya M. Arabhavi +23

Context. Recent JWST observations have shown that brown dwarfs (BD) are chemically rich, offering valuable insights into giant planet formation. Aims. As part of the MIRI mid-INfra…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 17 cited

A transition from HO to CH dominated spectra with decreasing stellar luminosity

Sierra L. Grant, Milou Temmink, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +19

The chemical composition of the inner regions of disks around young stars will determine the properties of planets forming there. Many disk physical processes drive the chemical ev…

astro-ph.EP2025

MINDS: Detection of an inner gas disk caused by evaporating bodies around HD 172555

M. Samland, T. Henning, A. Caratti o Garatti +23

Mechanisms such as collisions of rocky bodies or cometary activity give rise to dusty debris disks. Debris disks trace the leftover building blocks of planets, and thus also planet…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 28 cited

MINDS: The very low-mass star and brown dwarf sample. Detections and trends in the inner disk gas

A. M. Arabhavi, I. Kamp, Th. Henning +22

Planet-forming disks around brown dwarfs and very low-mass stars (VLMS) are on average less massive and are expected to undergo faster radial solid transport than their higher mass…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 20 cited

MINDS: The very low-mass star and brown dwarf sample -- Hidden water in carbon-dominated protoplanetary disks

Aditya M. Arabhavi, Inga Kamp, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +21

Infrared observations of the inner disks around very low-mass stars (VLMS, 0.3) have revealed a carbon-rich gas composition in the terrestrial planet-forming region…

astro-ph.EP2025

MINDS. Anatomy of a water-rich, inclined, brown dwarf disk: lack of abundant hydrocarbons

Giulia Perotti, Nicolás T. Kurtovic, Thomas Henning +23

2MASS J04381486+2611399 (or J0438) is one of the few young brown dwarfs (BD) with a highly inclined () disk. Here we report results from JWST-MIRI MRS, HST-ACS a…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

MINDS. The influence of outer dust disc structure on the volatile delivery to the inner disc

Danny Gasman, Milou Temmink, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +18

ALMA has revealed that the millimetre dust structures of protoplanetary discs are extremely diverse. It has been proposed that the strength of HO emission in the inner disc par…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 23 cited

MINDS. JWST-MIRI reveals a peculiar CO-rich chemistry in the drift-dominated disk CX Tau

Marissa Vlasblom, Milou Temmink, Sierra L. Grant +20

Radial drift of icy pebbles can have a large impact on the chemistry of the inner regions of protoplanetary disks. Compact dust disks (50 au) are suggested to have a high…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 29 cited

Dust mineralogy and variability of the inner PDS 70 disk

Hyerin Jang, Rens Waters, Till Kaeufer +17

The inner disk of the young star PDS 70 may be a site of rocky planet formation, with two giant planets detected further out. Solids in the inner disk may inform us about the origi…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 45 cited

MINDS. Hydrocarbons detected by JWST/MIRI in the inner disk of Sz28 consistent with a high C/O gas-phase chemistry

Jayatee Kanwar, Inga Kamp, Hyerin Jang +20

With the advent of JWST, we acquire unprecedented insights into the physical and chemical structure of the inner regions of planet-forming disks where terrestrial planet formation…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 27 cited

MINDS. A multi-instrument investigation into the molecule-rich JWST-MIRI spectrum of the DF Tau binary system

Sierra L. Grant, Nicolas T. Kurtovic, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +26

Most stars form in multiple systems whose properties can significantly impact circumstellar disk evolution. We investigate the physical and chemical properties of the equal-mass, s…

astro-ph.EP2024

MINDS. The DR Tau disk II: probing the hot and cold HO reservoirs in the JWST-MIRI spectrum

Milou Temmink, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Danny Gasman +14

The MRS mode of the JWST-MIRI instrument gives insights into the chemical richness and complexity of the inner regions of planet-forming disks. Here, we analyse the HO-rich spe…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 71 cited

Abundant hydrocarbons in the disk around a very-low-mass star

A. M. Arabhavi, I. Kamp, Th. Henning +40

Very low-mass stars (those <0.3 solar masses) host orbiting terrestrial planets more frequently than other types of stars, but the compositions of those planets are largely unknown…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 14 cited

Spatial distribution of crystalline silicates in protoplanetary disks: How to interpret mid-infrared observations

Hyerin Jang, L. B. F. M. Waters, I. Kamp +1

Crystalline silicates are an important tracer to the dust evolution in protoplanetary disks. In the inner disk, amorphous silicates are annealed by the high temperatures. These cry…

astro-ph.SR2024

MINDS: Mid-infrared atomic and molecular hydrogen lines in the inner disk around a low-mass star

Riccardo Franceschi, Thomas Henning, Benoît Tabone +27

This work aims to measure the mass accretion rate, the accretion luminosity, and more generally the physical conditions of the warm emitting gas in the inner disk of the very low-m…

astro-ph.EP2024

MINDS. The DR Tau disk I: combining JWST-MIRI data with high-resolution CO spectra to characterise the hot gas

Milou Temmink, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Sierra L. Grant +29

The MRS mode of the JWST-MIRI instrument has been shown to be a powerful tool to characterise the molecular gas emission of the inner region of planet-forming disks. Here, we analy…

astro-ph.EP2024

MINDS: The JWST MIRI Mid-INfrared Disk Survey

Thomas Henning, Inga Kamp, Matthias Samland +39

The study of protoplanetary disks has become increasingly important with the Kepler satellite finding that exoplanets are ubiquitous around stars in our galaxy and the discovery of…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 31 cited

MINDS: JWST/NIRCam imaging of the protoplanetary disk PDS 70

V. Christiaens, M. Samland, Th. Henning +28

Context. Two protoplanets have recently been discovered within the PDS 70 protoplanetary disk. JWST/NIRCam offers a unique opportunity to characterize them and their birth environm…

astro-ph.EP2024

MINDS. JWST-MIRI Reveals a Dynamic Gas-Rich Inner Disk Inside the Cavity of SY Cha

Kamber R. Schwarz, Thomas Henning, Valentin Christiaens +24

SY Cha is a T Tauri star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk with a large cavity seen in the millimeter continuum but has the spectral energy distribution (SED) of a full disk. Her…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 49 cited

The Chemical Inventory of the Inner Regions of Planet-forming Disks -- The JWST/MINDS Program

Inga Kamp, Thomas Henning, Aditya M. Arabhavi +40

The understanding of planet formation has changed recently, embracing the new idea of pebble accretion. This means that the influx of pebbles from the outer regions of planet-formi…