activity
20242026
collaborators

6 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

JWST Edge-on Disk Ice (JEDIce): Vibrationally hot, rotationally cold H in the outer disk of Oph 163131 non-thermally excited by UV and cosmic rays

Korash Assani, Zhi-Yun Li, Jennifer B. Bergner +19

Constraining ionization and excitation processes in protoplanetary disks is essential for understanding the chemical structure and evolution of disk material, shaping planet format…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Impact and Environment of Massive Stars and Stellar Clusters

Loren Anderson, Jagadheep D. Pandian, Jyotirmoy Dey +10

Massive stars and stellar clusters shape galactic evolution through powerful feedback mechanisms including radiation pressure, photoionization, stellar winds, and cosmic ray accele…

astro-ph.GA2026

A HINSA view of cosmic-ray ionization in IC 348 and NGC 1333: evidence for a strong low-energy cosmic-ray disparity

Gan Luo, Marco Padovani, Daniele Galli +5

The cosmic-ray ionization rate (CRIR) is one of the fundamental parameters influencing the chemical and dynamical evolution of molecular clouds. Although observations in recent yea…

astro-ph.HE2025

Excitation of molecular hydrogen by cosmic-ray protons

Marco Padovani, Daniele Galli, Corey T. Plowman +4

Low-energy cosmic rays ( GeV) are responsible for the ionisation and heating of molecular clouds. While the role of supra-thermal electrons produced in the ionisation…

astro-ph.GA2025

The evolution of CH in Planck Galactic Cold Clumps

Gan Luo, Arshia M. Jacob, Marco Padovani +6

Methylidyne (CH) has long been considered a reliable tracer of molecular gas in the low-to-intermediate extinction range. Although extended CH 3.3 GHz emission is commonly observed…

astro-ph.GA2024

Are Stellar Embryos in Perseus Radio-Synchrotron Emitters? Statistical data analysis with Herschel and LOFAR paving the way for the SKA

Andrea Bracco, Marco Padovani, Daniele Galli +3

Cosmic rays (CRs) are fundamental to the chemistry and physics of star-forming regions, influencing molecular gas ionization, mediating interactions with interstellar magnetic fiel…