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most citedInvestigating Protostellar Accretion-Driven Outflows Across the Mass Spectrum: JWST NIRSpec IFU 3-5~m Spectral Mapping of Five Young Protostars

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astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

IPA. Accretion rate of a low-mass Class 0 protostar, measured via mid-infrared fluorescent OH emission

Dan M. Watson, Mayank Narang, Caeley V. Pittman +41

The earliest stages of star formation are highlighted by complex interactions between accretion, outflow, and radiative processes, which shape the chemical and physical environment…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

UV-irradiated outflows from low-mass protostars in Ophiuchus with JWST/MIRI

I. M. Skretas, A. Karska, L. Francis +7

The main accretion phase of protostars is characterized by the ejection of material in the form of jets/outflows. External UV irradiation can potentially have a significant impact…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 39 cited

JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS): overview of program and early results

E. F. van Dishoeck, Ł. Tychoniec, W. R. M. Rocha +34

The embedded phase is a crucial period in the development of a young star. Mid-IR observations, now possible with JWST with unprecedented sensitivity, spectral resolution and sharp…

astro-ph.GA2025

Expanding the Ice Inventory of NGC 1333 IRAS 2A with INDRA using JWST Observations: Tracing Organic Refractories and Beyond

Prathap Rayalacheruvu, Liton Majumdar, W. R. M. Rocha +7

In the era of JWST, with its unprecedented sensitivity and spectral resolution, infrared spectral surveys have revealed a rich inventory of ices, including complex organic molecule…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 12 cited

Simple molecules and complex chemistry in a protoplanetary disk: A JWST investigation of the highly inclined disk d216-0939

Alexey Potapov, Hendrik Linz, Jeroen Bouwman +5

While the number of detected molecules, particularly complex organic molecules, in the solid-state in astrophysical environments is still rather limited, laboratory experiments and…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 31 cited

JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS). Overview of gaseous molecular emission and absorption in low-mass protostars

M. L. van Gelder, L. Francis, E. F. van Dishoeck +17

The MIRI-MRS instrument onboard JWST allows for probing the molecular gas composition at mid-IR wavelengths at unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. It is important to study th…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 41 cited

JOYS+: link between ice and gas of complex organic molecules. Comparing JWST and ALMA data of two low-mass protostars

Y. Chen, W. R. M. Rocha, E. F. van Dishoeck +16

A rich inventory of complex organic molecules (COMs) has been observed in high abundances in the gas phase toward Class 0 protostars. These molecules are suggested to be formed in…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 29 cited

JWST detections of amorphous and crystalline HDO ice toward massive protostars

Katerina Slavicinska, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Łukasz Tychoniec +19

This work aims to utilize the increased sensitivity and resolution of the JWST to quantify the HDO/HO ratio in ices toward young stellar objects (YSOs) and to determine if th…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 37 cited

JWST observations of CO ice: Tracing the chemical environment and thermal history of ices in protostellar envelopes

Nashanty G. C. Brunken, Will R. M. Rocha, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +38

The structure and composition of simple ices can be modified during stellar evolution by protostellar heating. Key to understanding the involved processes are thermal and chemical…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 37 cited

JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS): Linked accretion and ejection in a Class I protobinary system

Łukasz Tychoniec, Martijn L. van Gelder, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +19

Accretion and ejection sets the outcome of the star and planet formation process. The mid-infrared wavelength range offers key tracers of those processes that were difficult to det…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 43 cited

Hunt for complex cyanides in protostellar ices with JWST: Tentative detection of CHCN and CHCN

P. Nazari, W. R. M. Rocha, A. E. Rubinstein +20

Nitrogen-bearing complex organic molecules have been commonly detected in the gas phase but not yet in interstellar ices. This has led to the long-standing question of whether thes…

astro-ph.GA2024

JOYS: MIRI/MRS spectroscopy of gas-phase molecules from the high-mass star-forming region IRAS 23385+6053

L. Francis, M. L. van Gelder, E. F. van Dishoeck +16

Space-based mid-IR spectroscopy provides tracers of warm gas in star-forming regions that are inaccessible from the ground. Past mid-IR spectra of bright high-mass protostars in th…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 2 cited

JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS+): Detection of icy complex organic molecules and ions. I. CH, SO, HCOO, OCN, HCO, HCOOH, CHCHOH, CHCHO, CHOCHO, CHCOOH

W. R. M. Rocha, E. F. van Dishoeck, M. E. Ressler +23

Complex organic molecules (COMs) detected in the gas phase are thought to be mostly formed on icy grains, but no unambiguous detection of icy COMs larger than CH3OH has been report…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 1 cited

IPA: Class 0 Protostars Viewed in CO Emission Using JWST

Adam E. Rubinstein, Neal J. Evans, Himanshu Tyagi +24

We investigate the bright CO fundamental emission in the central regions of five protostars in their primary mass assembly phase using new observations from JWST's Near-Infrared Sp…

astro-ph.SR2023

JOYS+: mid-infrared detection of gas-phase SO emission in a low-mass protostar. The case of NGC 1333 IRAS2A: hot core or accretion shock?

M. L. van Gelder, M. E. Ressler, E. F. van Dishoeck +18

JWST/MIRI has sharpened our infrared eyes toward the star formation process. This paper presents the first mid-infrared detection of gaseous SO emission in an embedded low-mass…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 1 cited

Discovery of a collimated jet from the low luminosity protostar IRAS 162532429 in a quiescent accretion phase with the JWST

Mayank Narang, Manoj P., Himanshu Tyagi +36

Investigating Protostellar Accretion (IPA) is a JWST Cycle~1 GO program that uses NIRSpec IFU and MIRI MRS to obtain 2.9--28~m spectral cubes of young, deeply embedded protostar…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 53 cited

Investigating Protostellar Accretion-Driven Outflows Across the Mass Spectrum: JWST NIRSpec IFU 3-5~m Spectral Mapping of Five Young Protostars

Samuel Federman, S. Thomas Megeath, Adam E. Rubinstein +35

Investigating Protostellar Accretion is a Cycle 1 JWST program using the NIRSpec+MIRI integral field units to obtain 2.9--28 m spectral cubes of five young protostars with lumin…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 18 cited

JOYS: Disentangling the warm and cold material in the high-mass IRAS 23385+6053 cluster

C. Gieser, H. Beuther, E. F. van Dishoeck +20

(abridged) We study and compare the warm (>100 K) and cold (<100 K) material toward the high-mass star-forming region IRAS 23385+6053 (IRAS 23385 hereafter) combining high angular…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 45 cited

JOYS: JWST Observations of Young protoStars: Outflows and accretion in the high-mass star-forming region IRAS23385+605

H. Beuther, E. F. van Dishoeck, L. Tychoniec +21

Aims: The JWST program JOYS (JWST Observations of Young protoStars) aims at characterizing the physical and chemical properties of young high- and low-mass star-forming regions, in…