4 papers
Detection of a four-carbon sugar in interstellar space
Izaskun Jimenez-Serra, Juan Garcia de la Concepcion, Herma M. Cuppen +19
Sugars are essential biomolecules, serving as metabolic fuels, nucleic acid backbone components, and structural or energy-storage polymers. A central question in origin-of-life res…
A sensitivity analysis of interstellar ice chemistry in astrochemical models
Tobias M. Dijkhuis, Thanja Lamberts, Serena Viti +1
Astrochemical models are essential to bridge the gap between the timescales of reactions, experiments, and observations. Ice chemistry in these models experiences a large computati…
Molecular Mobility of Extraterrestrial Ices: Surface Diffusion in Astrochemistry and Planetary Science
N. F. W. Ligterink, C. Walsh, H. M. Cuppen +12
Molecules are ubiquitous in space. They are necessary component in the creation of habitable planetary systems and can provide the basic building blocks of life. Solid-state proces…
Modelling methanol and hydride formation in the JWST Ice Age era
Izaskun Jiménez-Serra, Andrés MegÃas, Joseph Salaris +19
(Abridged) JWST observations have measured the ice composition toward two highly-extinguished field stars in the Chamaeleon I cloud. The observed extinction excess on the long-wave…