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most citedEarly Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). I. Overview of the Program and First Results

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astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). XX. Constraining the Chemical Tracers of Young Protostellar Sources

Rajeeb Sharma, Jes K. Jørgensen, Merel L. R. van 't Hoff +12

Recent studies indicate that the formation of planets in protoplanetary disks begins early in the embedded Class 0/I phases of protostellar evolution. The physical and chemical mak…

astro-ph.SR2025

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) XXII: Keplerian disk, disk structures and jets/outflows in the Class 0 protostar IRAS 04166+2706

Nguyen Thi Phuong, Chang Won Lee, John J. Tobin +20

We present ALMA observations of the Class 0 protostar IRAS 04166+2706, obtained as part of the ALMA large program Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). These observatio…

astro-ph.EP2025

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) XVII: A Compact but Structured Keplerian Disk and Large-scale Streamers Revealed in the Class I Protostellar System IRAS 04169+2702

Ilseung Han, Woojin Kwon, Yusuke Aso +22

We present high-resolution (0.05"; 8 au) dust continuum and molecular line observations toward the Class I protostellar system IRAS 04169+2702 in the Taurus B213 region, as p…

astro-ph.SR2025

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) XXI: Limited role of streamers in mass supply to the disk in the Class 0 protostar IRAS 16544-1604

Miyu Kido, Hsi-Wei Yen, Jinshi Sai +17

Asymmetric and narrow infalling structures, often called streamers, have been observed in several Class 0/I protostars, which is not expected in the classical star formation pictur…

astro-ph.GA2025

Evidence for the gravity-driven and magnetically-regularized gas flows feeding the massive protostellar cluster in Cepheus A

Panigrahy Sandhyarani, Chakali Eswaraiah, Di Li +8

The hierarchical interplay among gravity, magnetic fields, and turbulence in forming massive protostellar clusters remains elusive. We present high-resolution (14 arcsec $\si…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 7 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). XI. A high-resolution view toward the BHR 71 Class 0 protostellar wide binary

Sacha Gavino, Jes K. Jørgensen, Rajeeb Sharma +25

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the binary Class 0 protostellar system BHR 71 IRS1 and IRS2 as part of the Early Planet Formation in…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Deuterium fractionation of the starless core L 1498

Sheng-Jun Lin, Shih-Ping Lai, Laurent Pagani +2

Molecular deuteration is commonly seen in starless cores and is expected to occur on a timescale comparable to that of the core contraction. Thus, the deuteration serves as a chemi…

astro-ph.SR2024

The First Estimation of the Ambipolar Diffusivity Coefficient from Multi-Scale Observations of the Class 0/I Protostar, HOPS-370

Travis J. Thieme, Shih-Ping Lai, Yueh-Ning Lee +2

Protostars are born in magnetized environments. As a consequence, the formation of protostellar disks can be suppressed by the magnetic field efficiently removing angular momentum…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 2 cited

Magnetic fields of the starless core L 1512

Sheng-Jun Lin, Shih-Ping Lai, Kate Pattle +6

We present JCMT POL-2 850 um dust polarization observations and Mimir H band stellar polarization observations toward the starless core L1512. We detect the highly-ordered core-sca…

astro-ph.SR2023

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) XII: Accretion streamers, protoplanetary disk, and outflow in the Class I source Oph IRS63

Christian Flores, Nagayoshi Ohashi, John J. Tobin +25

We present ALMA observations of the Class I source Oph IRS63 in the context of the Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) large program. Our ALMA observations of Oph IRS6…

astro-ph.EP2023

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). VIII. A Small Protostellar Disk around the Extremely Low-Mass and Young Class 0 Protostar, IRAS 15398-3359

Travis J. Thieme, Shih-Ping Lai, Nagayoshi Ohashi +22

Protostellar disks are a ubiquitous part of the star formation process and the future sites of planet formation. As part of the Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) lar…

astro-ph.EP2023

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) VI: Kinematic Structures around the Very Low Mass Protostar IRAS 16253-2429

Yusuke Aso, Woojin Kwon, Nagayoshi Ohashi +24

Precise estimates of protostellar masses are crucial to characterize the formation of stars of low masses down to brown-dwarfs (BDs; M* < 0.08 Msun). The most accurate estimation o…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 17 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) IX: High-resolution ALMA Observations of the Class 0 Protostar R CrA IRS5N and its surrounding

Rajeeb Sharma, Jes K. Jørgensen, Sacha Gavino +19

We present high-resolution, high-sensitivity observations of the Class 0 protostar RCrA IRS5N as part of the Atacama Large Milimeter/submilimeter Array (ALMA) large program Early P…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 19 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) V: Possible Annular Substructure in a Circumstellar Disk in the Ced110 IRS4 System

Jinshi Sai, Hsi-Wei Yen, Nagayoshi Ohashi +25

We have observed the Class 0/I protostellar system Ced110 IRS4 at an angular resolution of (10 au) as a part of the ALMA large program; Early Planet Formation in the…

astro-ph.EP2023

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). VII. Keplerian Disk, Disk Substructure, and Accretion Streamers in the Class 0 Protostar IRAS 16544-1604 in CB 68

Miyu Kido, Shigehisa Takakuwa, Kazuya Saigo +34

We present observations of the Class 0 protostar IRAS 16544-1604 in CB 68 from the ''Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk)'' ALMA Large program. The ALMA observations ta…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 57 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). II. Limited Dust Settling and Prominent Snow Surfaces in the Edge-on Class I Disk IRAS 04302+2247

Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Zhi-Yun Li, John J. Tobin +26

While dust disks around optically visible, Class II protostars are found to be vertically thin, when and how dust settles to the midplane are unclear. As part of the Atacama Large…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 39 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). IV. The Ringed and Warped Structure of the Disk around the Class I Protostar L1489 IRS

Yoshihide Yamato, Yuri Aikawa, Nagayoshi Ohashi +28

Constraining the physical and chemical structure of young embedded disks is crucial to understanding the earliest stages of planet formation. As part of the Early Planet Formation…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 40 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk) III: A first high-resolution view of sub-mm continuum and molecular line emission toward the Class 0 protostar L1527 IRS

Merel L. R. van 't Hoff, John J. Tobin, Zhi-Yun Li +25

Studying the physical and chemical conditions of young embedded disks is crucial to constrain the initial conditions for planet formation. Here, we present Atacama Large Millimeter…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 159 cited

Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). I. Overview of the Program and First Results

Nagayoshi Ohashi, John J. Tobin, Jes K. Jørgensen +34

We present an overview of the Large Program, ``Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk)'', conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The ubiqu…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

Modeling Two First Hydrostatic Core Candidates Barnard 1b-N and 1b-S

Hao-Yuan Duan, Shih-Ping Lai, Naomi Hirano +1

A first hydrostatic core (FHC) is proposed to form after the initial collapse of a prestellar core, as a seed of a Class 0 protostar. FHCs are difficult to observe because they are…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 43 cited

Accretion Flows or Outflow Cavities? Uncovering the Gas Dynamics around Lupus 3-MMS

Travis J. Thieme, Shih-Ping Lai, Sheng-Jun Lin +6

Understanding how material accretes onto the rotationally supported disk from the surrounding envelope of gas and dust in the youngest protostellar systems is important for describ…