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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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27 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Mapping of interstellar ices with JWST in protostellar envelopes: Spatial variations of CO, CO, CO, OCN and HO ice

N. G. C. Brunken, E. F. van Dishoeck, A. C. A. Boogert +16

The composition of planets and their atmospheres is largely determined by the formation environment of the planet. This environment is pre-determined during early stages when the p…

astro-ph.GA2026

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…

astro-ph.SR2026

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…

astro-ph.GA2026

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…

astro-ph.SR2026

JOYS: Launch and destruction of dust in protostellar jets. The case of BHR71-IRS1 with JWST MIRI

Łukasz Tychoniec, Logan Francis, Maria Gabriela Navarro +25

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…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 2 cited

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…

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★ 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.SR2025★ 11 cited

HDO ice detected toward an isolated low-mass protostar with JWST

Katerina Slavicinska, Łukasz Tychoniec, María Gabriela Navarro +15

Water is detected in environments representing every stage of star and solar system formation, but its chemical evolution throughout these stages remains poorly constrained. Deuter…

astro-ph.SR2025

JWST observations of segregated CO and CO ices in protostellar envelopes

N. G. C. Brunken, A. C. A. Boogert, E. F. van Dishoeck +13

The evolution of interstellar ices can be studied with thermal tracers such as the vibrational modes of CO ice that show great diversity depending on their local chemical and t…

astro-ph.SR2024

JWST-IPA: Chemical Inventory and Spatial Mapping of Ices in the Protostar HOPS370 -- Evidence for an Opacity Hole and Thermal Processing of Ices

Himanshu Tyagi, Manoj P., Mayank Narang +35

The composition of protoplanetary disks, and hence the initial conditions of planet formation, may be strongly influenced by the infall and thermal processing of material during th…

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.SR2024★ 23 cited

JOYS+ study of solid state C/C isotope ratios in protostellar envelopes: Observations of CO and CO ice with JWST

N. G. C. Brunken, E. F. van Dishoeck, K. Slavicinska +12

The carbon isotope ratio is a powerful tool for studying the evolution of stellar systems. Recent detections of CO isotopologues in disks and exoplanet atmospheres pointed towards…

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★ 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…