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Water in star-forming regions (WISH): Physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy
E. F. van Dishoeck, L. E. Kristensen, the WISH team
(abridged) Data and results from the WISH key program are summarized, designed to provide a legacy data set to address its physics and chemistry. WISH targeted ~80 sources along th…
The onset of energetic particle irradiation in Class 0 protostars
C. Favre, A. Lopez-Sepulcre, C. Ceccarelli +11
The early stages of low-mass star formation are likely to be subject to intense ionization by protostellar energetic MeV particles. As a result, the surrounding gas is enriched in…
Depletion of chlorine into HCl ice in a protostellar core
M. Kama, E. Caux, A. Lopez-Sepulcre +9
The freezeout of gas-phase species onto cold dust grains can drastically alter the chemistry and the heating-cooling balance of protostellar material. In contrast to well-known spe…
The Debris Disk of Solar Analogue Ceti: Herschel Observations and Dynamical Simulations of the Proposed Multiplanet System
S. M. Lawler, J. Di Francesco, G. M. Kennedy +16
Ceti is a nearby, mature G-type star very similar to our Sun, with a massive Kuiper Belt analogue (Greaves et al. 2004) and possible multiplanet system (Tuomi et al. 2013) that…
HIFISTARS Herschel/HIFI observations of VY Canis Majoris. Molecular-line inventory of the envelope around the largest known star
J. Alcolea, V. Bujarrabal, P. Planesas +16
To gain insight into the physical conditions and kinematics of the warm (100-1000 K) gas around the red hyper-giant VY CMa, we performed sensitive high spectral resolution observat…
The Herschel/HIFI spectral survey of OMC-2 FIR 4 (CHESS): An overview of the 480 to 1902 GHz range
M. Kama, A. López-Sepulcre, C. Dominik +6
Broadband spectral surveys of protostars offer a rich view of the physical, chemical and dynamical structure and evolution of star-forming regions. The Herschel Space Observatory o…
Herschel/HIFI observations of red supergiants and yellow hypergiants: I. Molecular inventory
D. Teyssier, G. Quintana-Lacaci, A. P. Marston +17
Red supergiant stars (RSGs) and yellow hypergiant stars (YHGs) are believed to be the high-mass counterparts of stars in the AGB and early post-AGB phases. We study the mass-loss i…
Herschel images of Fomalhaut. An extrasolar Kuiper Belt at the height of its dynamical activity
B. Acke, M. Min, C. Dominik +33
Fomalhaut is a young, nearby star that is suspected to harbor an infant planetary system, interspersed with one or more belts of dusty debris. We present far-infrared images obtain…
Herschel/HIFI observations of O-rich AGB stars : molecular inventory
K. Justtanont, T. Khouri, M. Maercker +15
Spectra, taken with the heterodyne instrument, HIFI, aboard the Herschel Space Observatory, of O-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars which form part of the guaranteed time key…
Herschel/HIFI observations of molecular emission in protoplanetary nebulae and young planetary nebulae
V. Bujarrabal, J. Alcolea, R. Soria-Ruiz +1
We performed Herschel/HIFI observations of intermediate-excitation molecular lines in the far-infrared/submillimeter range in a sample of ten protoplanetary nebulae and young plane…
Water in Star-Forming Regions with the Herschel Space Observatory (WISH): Overview of key program and first results
E. F. van Dishoeck, L. E. Kristensen, A. O. Benz +12
`Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel' (WISH) is a key program on the Herschel Space Observatory designed to probe the physical and chemical structure of young stellar objec…
Nitrogen hydrides in the cold envelope of IRAS16293-2422
Pierre Hily-Blant, Sébastien Maret, Aurore Bacmann +4
Nitrogen is the fifth most abundant element in the Universe, yet the gas-phase chemistry of N-bearing species remains poorly understood. Nitrogen hydrides are key molecules of nitr…
Herschel-HIFI observations of high-J CO lines in the NGC 1333 low-mass star-forming region
U. A. Yıldız, E. F. van Dishoeck, L. E. Kristensen +60
Herschel-HIFI observations of high-J lines (up to J_u=10) of 12CO, 13CO and C18O are presented toward three deeply embedded low-mass protostars, NGC 1333 IRAS 2A, IRAS 4A, and IRAS…
The methanol lines and hot core of OMC2-FIR4, an intermediate-mass protostar, with Herschel-HIFI
M. Kama, C. Dominik, S. Maret +61
In contrast with numerous studies on the physical and chemical structure of low- and high-mass protostars, much less is known about their intermediate-mass counterparts, a class of…
Herschel/HIFI observations of spectrally resolved methylidyne signatures toward the high-mass star-forming core NGC6334I
M. H. D. van der Wiel, F. F. S. van der Tak, D. C. Lis +65
In contrast to extensively studied dense star-forming cores, little is known about diffuse gas surrounding star-forming regions. We study molecular gas in the high-mass star-formin…
Ortho-to-para ratio of interstellar heavy water
C. Vastel, C. Ceccarelli, E. Caux +65
Despite the low elemental deuterium abundance in the Galaxy, enhanced molecular D/H ratios have been found in the environments of low-mass star forming regions, and in particular t…
Variations in H2O+/H2O ratios toward massive star-forming regions
F. Wyrowski, F. van der Tak, F. Herpin +63
Early results from the Herschel Space Observatory revealed the water cation H2O+ to be an abundant ingredient of the interstellar medium. Here we present new observations of the H2…
Herschel/HIFI deepens the circumstellar NH3 enigma
K. M. Menten, F. Wyrowski, J. Alcolea +23
Circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) of a variety of evolved stars have been found to contain ammonia (NH3) in amounts that exceed predictions from conventional chemical models by many o…
The distribution of water in the high-mass star-forming region NGC 6334I
M. Emprechtinger, D. C. Lis, T. Bell +66
We present observations of twelve rotational transitions of H2O-16, H2O-18, and H2O-17 toward the massive star-forming region NGC 6334 I, carried out with Herschel/HIFI as part of…
Water abundances in high-mass protostellar envelopes: Herschel observations with HIFI
M. Marseille, F. F. S. van der Tak, F. Herpin +4
We derive the dense core structure and the water abundance in four massive star-forming regions which may help understand the earliest stages of massive star formation. We present…
Herschel-HIFI detections of hydrides towards AFGL 2591 (Envelope emission versus tenuous cloud absorption)
S. Bruderer, A. O. Benz, E. F. van Dishoeck +65
The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) onboard the Herschel Space Observatory allows the first observations of light diatomic molecules at high spectral resolution a…
Hydrides in Young Stellar Objects: Radiation tracers in a protostar-disk-outflow system
Arnold O. Benz, Simon Bruderer, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +2
Context: Hydrides of the most abundant heavier elements are fundamental molecules in cosmic chemistry. Some of them trace gas irradiated by UV or X-rays. Aims: We explore the abund…
Water in low-mass star-forming regions with Herschel: HIFI spectroscopy of NGC1333
L. E. Kristensen, R. Visser, E. F. van Dishoeck +64
'Water In Star-forming regions with Herschel' (WISH) is a key programme dedicated to studying the role of water and related species during the star-formation process and constraini…
Herschel observations of the hydroxyl radical (OH) in young stellar objects
S. F. Wampfler, G. J. Herczeg, S. Bruderer +58
Water in Star-forming regions with Herschel (WISH) is a Herschel Key Program investigating the water chemistry in young stellar objects (YSOs) during protostellar evolution. Hydrox…