3 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
The survival of aromatic molecules in protoplanetary disks
Elettra L. Piacentino, Aurelia Balkanski, Jenny Calahan +3
Aromaticity is a common chemical functionalities in bioactive molecules. In interstellar and circumstellar environments benzene and other small aromatics are considered the precurs…
physics.chem-ph2024
Characterization of monosubstituted benzene ices
Elettra L. Piacentino, Aurelia Balkanski, Mahesh Rajappan +1
Aromatic structures are fundamental for key biological molecules such as RNA and metabolites and the abundances of aromatic molecules on young planets are therefore of high interes…
astro-ph.EP2023
HST/WFC3 Light Curve Supports a Terrestrial Composition for the Closest Exoplanet to Transit an M Dwarf
Emily K Pass, Jennifer G Winters, David Charbonneau +6
Previous studies of the exoplanet LTT 1445Ac concluded that the light curve from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was consistent with both grazing and non-grazing g…