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The cosmic ray ionization rate from H3+ observations can be overestimated due to neglect of time-dependent chemistry
Ka Wai Ho, Munan Gong, Kedron Silsbee +1
The cosmic ray ionization rate (CRIR) is a key parameter governing the physical, chemical and thermal evolution of the interstellar medium. The primary technique for measuring the…
Optical constants of Ih, Ic, and amorphous HO ices in the THz and IR ranges
A. A. Gavdush, F. Ribeiro, M. K. Matveishina +9
Direct measurements of optical constants in the THz spectral region for astrophysically relevant HO ice samples are scarce. Extrapolation of optical properties in the THz spect…
Probing the ion-neutral drift velocity towards the L1544 prestellar core: Detection of ambipolar diffusion using ND and para-NHD
Doris Arzoumanian, Silvia Spezzano, Tommaso Grassi +9
The dynamical role of the magnetic field in the star formation process is tightly linked to the coupling between matter and the field. This coupling is due to the interaction betwe…
JWST observations of cosmic-ray-excited H in Barnard 68: spatial variations and constraints on cosmic-ray attenuation
David A. Neufeld, Kedron Silsbee, Alexei V. Ivlev +9
We present James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NIRSpec observations of the starless dark cloud Barnard 68 that reveal the spatially-resolved signature of cosmic-ray excited molecular…
Mapping the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in the Local Galaxy with H
Nick Indriolo, Alexei V. Ivlev, T. Pellegrin +6
Chemistry in diffuse molecular clouds relies primarily on rapid ion-molecule reactions. Formation of the initial ions, H and H, is dominated by cosmic-ray ionization of H…
Protostellar disks in their natural habitat -- the formation of protostars and their accretion disks in the turbulent and magnetized interstellar medium
Alexander C. Mayer, Thorsten Naab, Paola Caselli +6
We present simulations of the supernova-driven turbulent interstellar medium (ISM) in a simulation domain of volume within which we resolve the formation of pro…