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most citedPristine ices in a planet-forming disk revealed by heavy water

8 citations · 26 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Molecular and Atomic Gas Associated with the Gamma Ray Supernova Remnant RCW 103

H. Inoue, Y. Asano, R. G. Bhuvana +15

We present a study of the interstellar molecular and atomic gas associated with the gamma-ray supernova remnant (SNR) RCW 103 using the Mopra CO( = 1-0), Atacama Large Mi…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Isotopomer-Specific Carbon Isotope Ratio of Complex Organic Molecules in Star-Forming Cores

Ryota Ichimura, Hideko Nomura, Kenji Furuya +2

The recent observation of complex organic molecules (COMs) in interstellar ices by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), along with previous gas-phase detections, underscores the…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

Pristine ices in a planet-forming disk revealed by heavy water

Margot Leemker, John J. Tobin, Stefano Facchini +4

Water is essential to our understanding of the planet-formation process and habitability on Earth. Although trace amounts of water are seen across all phases of star and planet for…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

Winding Motion of Spirals in a Gravitationally Unstable Protoplanetary Disk

Tomohiro C. Yoshida, Hideko Nomura, Kiyoaki Doi +5

The discovery of wide-orbit giant exoplanets has posed a challenge to our conventional understanding of planet formation by coagulation of dust grains and planetesimals, and subseq…

astro-ph.GA2025

Binding energy distributions of alcohols, thiols, and their precursors on interstellar water ice surfaces

Arghyadeb Roy, Ankan Das, Milan Sil +4

Binding energy (BE) is a critical parameter in astrochemical modeling, governing the retention of species on interstellar dust grains and their subsequent chemical evolution. Howev…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 5 cited

CO Adsorption Sites on Interstellar Water Ices Explored with Machine Learning Potentials. Binding energy distributions and snowline

Giulia M. Bovolenta, Germán Molpeceres, Kenji Furuya +2

Context. Carbon monoxide (CO) is arguably the most important molecule for interstellar organic chemistry. Its binding to amorphous solid water (ASW) ice regulates both diffusion an…

astro-ph.EP2024

Dust Scattering Albedo at Millimeter-Wavelengths in the TW Hya Disk

Tomohiro C. Yoshida, Hideko Nomura, Takashi Tsukagoshi +3

Planetary bodies are formed by coagulation of solid dust grains in protoplanetary disks. Therefore, it is crucial to constrain the physical and chemical properties of the dust grai…

astro-ph.GA2024

A framework for incorporating binding energy distribution in gas-ice astrochemical models

Kenji Furuya

One of the most serious limitations of current astrochemical models with the rate equation (RE) approach is that only a single type of binding site is considered in grain surface c…

astro-ph.EP2024

Outflow Driven by a Protoplanet Embedded in the TW Hya Disk

Tomohiro C. Yoshida, Hideko Nomura, Charles J. Law +4

Gas giant planets are formed by gas accretion onto planetary cores in protoplanetary disks. However, direct evidence of this process is still lacking, limiting our understanding of…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 8 cited

Carbon Isotope Fractionation of Complex Organic Molecules in Star-Forming Cores

Ryota Ichimura, Hideko Nomura, Kenji Furuya

Recent high-resolution and sensitivity ALMA observations have unveiled the carbon isotope ratios (C/C) of Complex Organic Molecules (COMs) in a low-mass protostellar…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

Deep Search for Phosphine in a Prestellar Core

Kenji Furuya, Takashi Shimonishi

Understanding in which chemical forms phosphorus exists in star- and planet-forming regions and how phosphorus is delivered to planets are of great interest from the viewpoint of t…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 1 cited

Effect of time-varying X-ray emission from stellar flares on the ionization of protoplanetary disks

Haruka Washinoue, Shinsuke Takasao, Kenji Furuya

X-rays have significant impacts on cold, weakly ionized protoplanetary disks by increasing the ionization rate and driving chemical reactions. Stellar flares are explosions that em…

astro-ph.GA2024

Carbon isotope chemistry in protoplanetary disks: Effects of C/O ratios

Seokho Lee, Hideko Nomura, Kenji Furuya

Carbon isotope fractionation of CO has been reported in the disk around TW Hya,where elemental carbon is more abundant than elemental oxygen ([C/O]> 1). We investigate…

astro-ph.EP2024

The First Spatially-resolved Detection of CN in a Protoplanetary Disk and Evidence for Complex Carbon Isotope Fractionation

Tomohiro C. Yoshida, Hideko Nomura, Kenji Furuya +7

Recent measurements of carbon isotope ratios in both protoplanetary disks and exoplanet atmospheres have suggested a possible transfer of significant carbon isotope fractionation f…

astro-ph.GA2023

ALMA Observations of Supernova Remnant N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. Non-LTE Analysis of Shock-heated Molecular Clouds

H. Sano, Y. Yamane, J. Th. van Loon +28

We present the first compelling evidence of shock-heated molecular clouds associated with the supernova remnant (SNR) N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Using CO( =…