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most citedA New Reference Chemical Composition for TMC-1

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astro-ph.IM2026

Chemistry on solar system scales

Catherine Walsh, Maria Drozdovskaya, Dmitry Semenov +33

The initial chemical composition of planets, primitive bodies in our solar system, and exoplanets is ultimately set by their nascent protoplanetary disks. Yet observing key carbon-…

astro-ph.IM2026

Planet formation on solar system scales

Francesco Zagaria, Andrés F. Izquierdo, Jaehan Bae +32

Giant planets are often regarded as primordial protoplanetary "architects". Their formation and interactions with planetesimals and other planets during and after the protoplanetar…

astro-ph.IM2026

Planet forming disk populations and their connection to the environment

Thomas J. Haworth, Giovanni Rosotti, Carlo Manara +35

Existing sub-mm observatories such as ALMA have provided statistics on the planet-forming mass reservoirs within circumstellar disks around stars in stellar clusters out to distanc…

astro-ph.EP2026

Worlds Next Door. V. A Candidate Solar System Scale Super-Jupiter in the 61 Cygni Binary System

Aniket Sanghi, Billy Quarles, Andrea S. J. Lin +16

We present new constraints on a candidate third companion in the 61 Cygni binary system-one of the closest neighbors to our solar system (3.5 pc), the first stars to have a measure…

astro-ph.EP2026

Stellar Abundances as Probes of Rocky Exoplanet Interiors: The Mantle Composition and Mineralogy of GJ 486b

Harshit Krishna, Asmit Gupta, Sneha Bhowmik +3

Over the past three decades, hundreds of rocky exoplanets have been discovered. Some of these show atmospheric signatures indicative of diverse chemical compositions. Interpreting…

astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a future NASA flagship mission concept identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for large space missions. HWO sh…

astro-ph.EP2026

Demographics of planet-forming disks with the SKAO

Antonio Garufi, Sebastián Pérez, John D. Ilee +21

Understanding how solid material in planet-forming disks evolves from micron-sized dust to planetary cores is a central challenge in modern astrophysics. This study has advanced dr…

astro-ph.SR2026

Unveiling Complex Chemistry in Planet-forming Disks with the SKAO

Linda Podio, Lisa Giani, Catherine Walsh +38

The chemical composition of planets is inherited from that of the natal protoplanetary disk at the time of planet formation. In recent years, we have made huge progress in characte…

astro-ph.SR2026

Chemical Complexity in the Early Stages of Star Formation in the SKAO Era

Eleonora Bianchi, Mathilde Bouvier, Claudio Codella +44

About 350 molecules have been identified in the interstellar medium (ISM), including complex molecules relevant to prebiotic chemistry. A remarkable level of molecular diversity ha…

astro-ph.GA2026

Jets and Outflows in Young Stellar Objects with the SKAO

Giovanni Sabatini, Gemma Busquet, Carlos Carrasco-González +48

Jets and outflows are ubiquitous phenomena associated with the formation of young stellar objects (YSOs). They play a crucial role in removing angular momentum from the accreting s…

astro-ph.GA2026

An 18 - 25 GHz spectroscopic survey of southern hemisphere dense cores

Dariusz C. Lis, Karen Willacy, Liton Majumdar +3

We extended the radio K-band spectroscopic survey for organics in southern hemisphere dense cores by observing seven sources using NASA's Deep Space Network 70-m antenna in Canberr…

astro-ph.EP2026

Probing the Atmospheres of Young Long-Period Sub-Neptune Progenitors with ELT/ANDES

Spandan Dash, Dwaipayan Dubey, Liton Majumdar

High-resolution cross-correlation spectroscopy (HRCCS) has become a powerful ground-based technique for detecting and characterizing exoplanet atmospheres. While highly successful…

astro-ph.EP2025

Detectability of Atmospheric Biosignatures in Earth Analogs with Varying Surface Boundary Conditions: Prospects for Characterization in the UV, Visible, Near-Infrared, and Mid-Infrared Regions

Dibya Bharati Pradhan, Priyankush Ghosh, Oommen P. Jose +1

The search for potentially habitable exoplanets centers on detecting biosignature molecules in Earth-like atmospheres, which makes it essential to understand their detectability un…

astro-ph.EP2025

A Fast, Parallelized, GPU-Accelerated Photochemical Model, XODIAC, with Built-in Equilibrium Chemistry and Multiple Chemical Networks for Exoplanetary Atmospheres

Priyankush Ghosh, Sambit Mishra, Shubham Dey +3

The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered high-quality atmospheric observations and expanded the known chemical inventory of exoplanetary atmospheres, openi…

astro-ph.EP2025

A Comprehensive Sulfur Chemistry Network Including Excited S(1D) and SO(1Δ) for the XODIAC Photochemical Model: Accounting for Missing Sulfur Processes in Venus and Exo-Venus Analogs

Priyankush Ghosh, Namrata Rani, Jeehyun Yang +3

Sulfur chemistry plays a central role in controlling the atmospheric structure, cloud formation, and composition of Venus and Venus-like exoplanets. However, key reactions involvin…

astro-ph.EP2025

Quantifying the differences in transmission and emission spectra for hot irradiated gaseous exoplanet atmospheres: A comparison of 1D and 3D modeling using JWST

Rahul Arora, Liton Majumdar

Modeling the atmospheres of exoplanets is fundamental to understanding their atmospheric physics and chemical processes. While one-dimensional (1D) atmospheric models with 1D radia…

astro-ph.EP2025

Unveiling the Chemical Complexity and C/O Ratio of the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk: Constraints from Multi-line ALMA Observations of Organics, Nitriles, Sulfur-bearing, and Deuterated Molecules

Parashmoni Kashyap, Liton Majumdar, Edwin A. Bergin +13

The physical and chemical conditions within a protoplanetary disk play a crucial role in determining its chemical composition, which is subsequently inherited by any forming planet…

astro-ph.EP2025

A Next-Generation Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrieval Framework NEXOTRANS for Emission Spectroscopy: New Constraints and Atmospheric Characterization of WASP-69b Using JWST NIRCam and MIRI Observations

Tonmoy Deka, Liton Majumdar, Tasneem Basra Khan +4

Thermal emission spectra provide key insights into the atmospheric composition and especially the temperature structure of an exoplanet. With broader wavelength coverage, sensitivi…

astro-ph.EP2025

Edge-On Disk Study (EODS) II: HCO and CO vertical stratification in the disk surrounding SSTTau042021

C. Foucher, A. Dutrey, V. Piétu +17

Context. Edge-on disks offer a unique opportunity to directly examine their vertical structure, providing valuable insights into planet formation processes. We investigate the dust…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Edge-On Disk Study (EODS) III: Molecular Stratification in the Flying Saucer Disk

A. Dutrey, O. Denis-Alpizar, S. Guilloteau +22

Context: Investigating the vertical distribution of molecular content in protoplanetary disks remains difficult in most disks mildly inclined along the line of sight. In contrast,…

astro-ph.EP2025

The interstellar heritage of comets

Karen Willacy, Liton Majumdar, Boncho Bonev +5

Comets have similar compositions to interstellar medium ices, suggesting at least some of their molecules maybe inherited from an earlier stage of evolution. To investigate the deg…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Gas-phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS) XI. The evolution of HCN, HNC, and N2H+ isotopic ratios in starless cores

A. Tasa-Chaveli, A. Fuente, G. Esplugues +5

Isotopic ratios have been used as chemical diagnostics to investigate the origin of the material in the Solar System. We have determined the HCN, HNC, and N2H+ isotopic ratios and…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

Edge-On Disk Study (EODS) II: Thermal Structure of the Flying Saucer Disk

S. Guilloteau, O. Denis-Alpizar, A. Dutrey +21

Context. The dust and gas temperature in proto-planetary disks play critical roles in determining their chemical evolution and influencing planet formation processes. Aims. We atte…

astro-ph.GA2025

Expanding the Ice Inventory of NGC 1333 IRAS 2A with INDRA using JWST Observations: Tracing Organic Refractories and Beyond

Prathap Rayalacheruvu, Liton Majumdar, W. R. M. Rocha +7

In the era of JWST, with its unprecedented sensitivity and spectral resolution, infrared spectral surveys have revealed a rich inventory of ices, including complex organic molecule…