13 papers
Probing the ubiquity of complex ices in protostars with JWST: the first systematic quantification of weak ice bands between 6.8 and 7.9 micron
Yuan Chen, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Katerina Slavicinska +18
Complex organic molecules (COMs) are the key to understanding the chemical evolution from simple interstellar molecules to potential prebiotic material. Although COMs have been ext…
CORINOS V: Radiative transfer effects in protostellar ice observations
Will E. Thompson, Jennifer B. Bergner, Neal J. Evans +11
Recent observations of protostars with the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unprecedented chemical complexity from their ice absorption features. However, these spectra are…
JOYS+ analyses of OCN, NO, NO, and complex cyanides in ices -- Thermal processing results in modest enhancement of OCN ice
P. Nazari, N. Brunken, Y. Chen +12
Nitrogen-bearing molecules are more difficult to observe than oxygen-bearing ones, mainly due to the lower abundance of nitrogen in the interstellar medium. Therefore, the formatio…
JOYS: Launching and destruction of dust in protostellar jets. The case of BHR71-IRS1 with JWST/MIRI
Åukasz Tychoniec, Logan Francis, Maria Gabriela Navarro +24
Protostellar winds can theoretically lift solids from the planet-forming disks, but direct evidence for launched dust has been scarce so far. Numerous atomic lines that are unique…
JOYS: Linking the molecular ice and gas-phase composition towards the high-mass hot core IRAS 18089-1732
C. Gieser, W. R. M. Rocha, Y. Chen +11
Context. The formation and destruction of molecules in the interstellar medium is a complex interplay between gas-phase reactions as well as processes on grain surfaces and within…
Investigating the Nested Structure of the Outflow from the Low Luminosity Protostar IRAS 16253-2429 using JWST and ALMA
Mayank Narang, Himanshu Tyagi, Nagayoshi Ohashi +37
Understanding the earliest stage of star and planet formation requires detailed observations to address the connection and interplay between the accretion, outflow and disk evoluti…